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The Warren Court was "activist" in additional ways.  It established a precedent that the government may take private property from one person and give it to another, which had previously never been allowed under the doctrine of eminent domain.  Before this ruling, eminent domain was limited to the taking of private property for public use, such as building a road or government building.  This decision was ''[[Berman v. Parker]]'' (1954) and it approved the taking of many privately owned homes in D.C. in order to convert the property into a new development of stores.

The Warren Court was "activist" in additional ways.  It established a precedent that the government may take private property from one person and give it to another, which had previously never been allowed under the doctrine of eminent domain.  Before this ruling, eminent domain was limited to the taking of private property for public use, such as building a road or government building.  This decision was ''[[Berman v. Parker]]'' (1954) and it approved the taking of many privately owned homes in D.C. in order to convert the property into a new development of stores.

The Warren Court invalidated many state and local laws that protected society against the evil of pornography and its terrible emotional and mental effects on those victimized by it, and addicted to it.  The harm caused by pornography to the mind lasts for a long time afterward, because images are so difficult to forget, and pornography causes many horrible crimes in society.  Pornography had been illegal, but in the late 1960s the Warren Court declared it to be "free speech" protected by the First Amendment, even though the First Amendment was never intended to protect such harmful images.  Between 1966 and 1970, the Warren Court rendered 34 unsigned decisions (which is unusual) in favor of pornographers, overturning laws and lower court decisions.

The Warren Court invalidated many state and local laws that protected society against the evil of pornography and its terrible emotional and mental effects on those victimized by it, and addicted to it.  The harm caused by pornography to the mind lasts for a long time afterward, because images are so difficult to forget, and pornography causes many horrible crimes in society.  Pornography had been illegal, but in the late 1960s the Warren Court declared it to be "free speech" protected by the First Amendment, even though the First Amendment was never intended to protect such harmful images.  Between 1966 and 1970, the Warren Court rendered 34 unsigned decisions (which is unusual) in favor of pornographers, overturning laws and lower court decisions.  Law enforcement officers note that pornography is almost always found when searching the homes of criminal suspects.

Other decisions of the Warren Court, such as its ruling on segregated schools and invention of a new "right to privacy," are discussed in other sections of this course.

Other decisions of the Warren Court, such as its ruling on segregated schools and invention of a new "right to privacy," are discussed in other sections of this course.