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| − | *[[US v. Weeks]] (1914) Supreme Court held unanimously that illegal seizure of items from a private residence constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment (also set forth the [[exclusionary rule]] that prohibits admission of illegally obtained evidence in federal courts) | + | *[[US v Weeks]] |
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| | ==[[Abortion]]== | | ==[[Abortion]]== |
| − | * [[Roe v. Wade]] (1973) -- Laid down what states can and cannot control in regards to abortions | + | *[[Roe v. Wade]] |
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| | ==[[Slavery]]== | | ==[[Slavery]]== |
| − | *[[Dred Scott]] v. Sanford (1857) -- Slaves were classified as property | + | *[[Dred Scott]] |
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| | ==[[Segregation]]== | | ==[[Segregation]]== |
| − | *[[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896) -- Laid the groundwork for the "separate but equal doctrine" that limited the rights of minorities for decades | + | *[[Plessy v. Ferguson]] |
| − | * [[Brown v. Board of Education]] (1954) -- A step in the direction of equal rights for all citizens | + | *[[Brown v. Board of Ed.]] |
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| − | ==Important Cases==
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| − | * [[Marbury v. Madison]] (1803) -- established Judicial Review
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| − | * [[McCulloch v. Maryland]] (1819) -- The state government was declared subordinate to the Federal government when laws conflict
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| − | * [[Gibbons v. Ogden]] (1824) -- Gave Congress a wide definition to "regulate commerce... among the several states."
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| − | * [[Schenck v. United States]] (1919) -- "Clear and Present Danger" established in this case as an acceptable reason for the limiting of free expression
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| − | * [[Gitlow v. New York]] (1925) -- The Supreme court began to identify rights protected by the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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| − | * [[Powell v. Alabama]] (1932) -- The right to counsel was required by law in death penalty trials
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| − | * [[NAACP v. Alabama]] (1958) -- Freedom of association (the right to assemble in groups)
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| − | * [[Mapp v. Ohio]] (1961) -- The exclusionary rule was applied to state and local criminal prosecutions
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| − | * [[Abington School District v. Schempp]] (1963) -- Prayer in classrooms was determined to be in violation of the First Amendment
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| − | * [[Gideon v. Wainwright]] (1963) -- Free legal counsel was established to be necessary when the defendent in any criminal case cannot afford it
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| − | * [[Wesberry v. Sanders]] (1964) -- The Supreme Court declared that each person's vote carries equal measure
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| − | * [[Griswold v. Connecticut]] (1965) -- Marital privacy (specifically, the use of contraceptives) was protected by this case.
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| − | * [[Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections]] (1966) -- Poll taxes were made illegal for state elections
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| − | * [[Miranda v. Arizona]] (1966) -- The rights of the accused were upheld by this ruling
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| − | * [[United States v. Nixon]] (1974) -- The President's "Executive Priviledge" was limited by this case
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| − | * [[Regents of the University of California at Davis v. Bakke]] (1978) -- Affirmative action was dealt a blow by this case
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