Difference between revisions of "Essay:25 Worst Court Decisions"
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#[[Lawrence v. Texas]] (2003) (Struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct.) | #[[Lawrence v. Texas]] (2003) (Struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct.) | ||
Revision as of 05:44, July 25, 2007
(All decisions are by the U.S. Supreme Court except where noted; rulings overturned by the court system are not included.)
- Roe v. Wade (and Doe v. Bolton)
- Dred Scott v. Sanford
- Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (Mass. Sup. Ct. 2003)
- Engel v. Vitale
- Buck v. Bell
- U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton
- Stone v. Graham
- Stenberg v. Carhart
- Roper v. Simmons
- Kelo v. City of New London
- Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) (Used to justify eliminating religion from governmental activities, per the First Amendment.)
- Romer v. Evans
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003) (Struck down sodomy laws, allowing immoral conduct.)
- Lee v. Weisman (1992)
- Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) (forced evolution to be indoctrinated in public schools)
- Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) (banned Creation Science from Public schools)
- Wickard v. Filburn (1942) (no right to grow wheat on your own land)
- Baker v. Carr (1962) (one man one vote)
- Cooper v. Aaron (1958) (judicial supremacy)
- Missouri v. Jenkins (1985) (upheld 1990) (ordering tax increase for school)
- Montoy v. Kansas (Kan. Sup. Ct. 2005) (order tax increase for school)
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- United States v. Callender (upheld the Sedition Act)
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) (Created a "right to privacy" not present in the Constitution which has been used to justify abortion and sodomy.)