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==Search and Seizure==
 
==Search and Seizure==
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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)
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*[[US v Weeks]]
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==[[Abortion]]==
 
==[[Abortion]]==
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* [[Roe v. Wade]] (1973) -- Laid down what states can and cannot control in regards to abortions
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*[[Roe v. Wade]]
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==[[Slavery]]==
 
==[[Slavery]]==
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*[[Dred Scott]] v. Sanford (1857) -- Slaves were classified as property
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*[[Dred Scott]]
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==[[Segregation]]==
 
==[[Segregation]]==
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*[[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896) -- Laid the groundwork for the "separate but equal doctrine" that limited the rights of minorities for decades
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*[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]
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* [[Brown v. Board of Education]] (1954) -- A step in the direction of equal rights for all citizens
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*[[Brown v. Board of Ed.]]
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[[category:US Supreme Court Cases]]
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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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[[Category:United States law]]
 

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