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#[[Kelo v. City of New London]] (2005) (expanded [[eminent domain]])
 
#[[Kelo v. City of New London]] (2005) (expanded [[eminent domain]])
 
#[[Lemon v. Kurtzman]] (1971) (used to justify eliminating religion from public life)<ref>Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]], who later lamented hostility to religion, wrote the ''Lemon'' decision for the Court but admitted privately in a dinner conversation with [[Andrew Schlafly]] in late 1991 that Burger never intended for it to be applied in the broad manner that it was.</ref>
 
#[[Lemon v. Kurtzman]] (1971) (used to justify eliminating religion from public life)<ref>Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]], who later lamented hostility to religion, wrote the ''Lemon'' decision for the Court but admitted privately in a dinner conversation with [[Andrew Schlafly]] in late 1991 that Burger never intended for it to be applied in the broad manner that it was.</ref>
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#[[Romer v. Evans]] (2002)
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#[[Romer v. Evans]] (1996) (holding unconstitutional a [[Colorado]] referendum prohibiting 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>
 
#[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980) (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>
 
#[[Stone v. Graham]] (1980) (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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#[[Block v. Hirsh]] (1921) (declared [[rent control]] to be constitutional despite deprivation of rights of property owners)
 
#[[Block v. Hirsh]] (1921) (declared [[rent control]] to be constitutional despite deprivation of rights of property owners)
 
#[[U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton]] (1995) (by a 5-4 vote, the Court declared it unconstitutional for states to limit terms for their congressmen)
 
#[[U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton]] (1995) (by a 5-4 vote, the Court declared it unconstitutional for states to limit terms for their congressmen)
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