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#[[Romer v. Evans]] (1996) (holding unconstitutional a [[Colorado]] referendum prohibiting [[special rights|special laws]] favoring [[homosexuals]])
 
#[[Romer v. Evans]] (1996) (holding unconstitutional a [[Colorado]] referendum prohibiting [[special rights|special laws]] favoring [[homosexuals]])
 
#[[Lawrence v. Texas]] (2003) (struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct)<ref>This case was a set-up whereby a false claim of a [[felony]] was reported to the police in order to compel an arrest in someone's apartment.</ref>
 
#[[Lawrence v. Texas]] (2003) (struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct)<ref>This case was a set-up whereby a false claim of a [[felony]] was reported to the police in order to compel an arrest in someone's apartment.</ref>
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#[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980) (unsigned opinion secretly written by [[liberal]] Justice [[William Brennan]], this banned the [[Ten Commandments]] from display in [[public school]])<ref>The Court issued a 5-4 unsigned ([[per curiam]]) decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case.  This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>
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#[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980) (unsigned opinion secretly written by [[liberal]] Justice [[William Brennan]],<ref>https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/stone-v-graham/#:~:text=This%20type%20of%20summary%20reversal,Civil%20Liberties%20Union%20(2005).</ref> this banned the [[Ten Commandments]] from display in [[public school]])<ref>The Court issued a 5-4 unsigned ([[per curiam]]) decision without hearing argument on the merits of the case.  This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>
 
#[[Epperson v. Arkansas]] (1968) (prohibited limitations on [[evolution]] indoctrination in public schools)<ref>Justice [[Abe Fortas]] wrote this opinion only weeks after he was rejected by the [[Senate]] for improprieties in his nomination to become Chief Justice,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45149-2005Mar17.html] and as a new scandal was lurking that led to Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] telling him to resign.  This opinion was released a mere 27 days after oral argument, which is much quicker than usual.  This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>  
 
#[[Epperson v. Arkansas]] (1968) (prohibited limitations on [[evolution]] indoctrination in public schools)<ref>Justice [[Abe Fortas]] wrote this opinion only weeks after he was rejected by the [[Senate]] for improprieties in his nomination to become Chief Justice,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45149-2005Mar17.html] and as a new scandal was lurking that led to Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] telling him to resign.  This opinion was released a mere 27 days after oral argument, which is much quicker than usual.  This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>  
 
#[[Edwards v. Aguillard]] (1987) (banned scientific evidence of creation from [[public schools]])<ref>This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>
 
#[[Edwards v. Aguillard]] (1987) (banned scientific evidence of creation from [[public schools]])<ref>This was an [[ACLU]] case.</ref>
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