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| Students may attend religious instruction if it is done in a private rather than a public facility. |
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| A 1985 Supreme Court decision that declared a moment of silence for "meditation or voluntary prayer" unconstitutional. |
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| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe |
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| A 2000 Supreme Court deicison that said public school districts cannot let students lead stadium crowds in prayer before football games. |
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| Allows public high schools receiving federal funds to permit student religous groups to hold meetings in the school. |
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| Westside Community Schools v. Mergens |
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| Ruled student-initiated and student-led religious clubs may meet just like any other organization. |
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| A 1968 Supreme Court decision that it was unconstitutional to ban the teaching of evolution. |
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| A 1987 Supreme Court decision that it was unconstitutional to require the teaching of creationism. |
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| A 1984 Supreme Court decision that a religious scene that does not endorse a particular religion is constitutional. |
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| Allegheny County v. American Civil Liberties Union |
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| A 1989 Supreme Court deicision that a religious scene that endorses a particular religion is unconstitutional. It was a banner with the words "Glory to God in the Highest." |
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| Reynolds v. United States |
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| An 1879 Supreme Court decision that said people are not free to worship in ways that violate laws protecting the health, safety, or morals of the community. |
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| A 1990 Supreme Court decision that said workers can be fired for using drugs even if it is a part of a religious ceremony that is constitutional. |
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| A 1972 Supreme Court decision that said states cannot require Amish parents to send their children to school beyond the eighth grade because it is a threat to the heart of their religious beliefs. |
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| Minersville School District v. Gobitis |
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| A 1984 Supreme Court decision that said a school could require students to salute the flag as a patriotic symbol. |
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| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |
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| A 1943 Supreme Court decision that overturned Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940). |
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| Tinker v. Des Moines School District |
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| A 1969 Supreme Court decision that said wearing black armbands was a form of symbolic speech and therefore constitutional. |
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| Bethel School District v. Fraser |
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| A 1986 Supreme Court decision that said schools may suspend students for inappropriate speech that would be protected outside of the classroom. |
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| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier |
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| A 1988 Supreme Court decision that said school officials have the right to regulate student speech for school sponsored events. |
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| A 1991 Supreme Court decision that said officers can search anything in vehicles without a warrant. |
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| A 1999 Supreme Court decision that said officers can search anything in the vehicle, including personal belongings. |
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| A 1999 Supreme Court decision that said anything in plain sight can be searched without a warrant. |
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| A 1967 Supreme Court decision that said the Fourth Amendment applies to people as well as places. |
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| A 1964 Supreme Court decision that said a confession cannot be used if obtained by police who refuse to allow a defendant to see their attorney. |
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| A 1980 Supreme Court decision that said a minimum punishment for a third felony offense committed within a fifteen year time span to be life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. |
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| A 1972 Supreme Court decision that said the death penalty is constitutional but the way that it was applied was not constitutional, resulting in a two-step approacg: conviction and sentencing phase. |
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