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| Pierce v. Society of Sisters(1925) |
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| Though states may require public education, they may not require that students attend only public schools. |
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| Everson v. Board of Education(1947) |
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| The wall-of-seperation principle is annouced. |
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| States may allow students to be released from public schools to attend religious instruction. |
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| There May Not Be A prayer,even a nondenominational one, in public schools. |
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| Three tests are described for deciding whether the government is improperly involved with religion. |
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| Public schools may not have clergy lead prayers at graduation ceremonies. |
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| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe(2000) |
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| Students may not lead prayers before the start of a football game at a public school. |
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| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris(2000) |
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| Voucher plan to pay school bills is upheld. |
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| Palko v. Connecticut (1937) |
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| Supreme court says that states must observe all "fundamental" liberties. |
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| Gitlow v. New York (1925) |
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| Supreme courts says the First amendment applied to the states. |
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| New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) |
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| To libel a public figure, there must be "actual malice." |
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| Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial |
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| Miranda v. Arizona (1966): |
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| Court describes ruling that police must give to arrested persons. |
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| United States v. Leon (1984): |
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| Illegally obtained evidence may be used in a trial if it was gathered in good faith without violating principles of the Mapp decision. |
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| A law that bans sending "indecent" material to minors over the Internet is unconstitutional because "indecent" is too vague and broad a term. |
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| Dickerson v. United States (2000): |
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| The Mapp decision is based on the Constitution and it cannot be altered by Congress passing a law. |
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| FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life (2007) |
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| Prohibits campaign finance reform law from banning political advocacy. |
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| Rasul v. Bush and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004): |
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| Terrorist detainees must have access to a neutral court to decide if they are legally held. |
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| Schenk v. United States (1919) |
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| Speech may be punished if it creates a clear-and-present danger test of illegal acts. |
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| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) |
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| "Fighting words" are not protected by the First Amendment |
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| Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) |
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| Public school sutdents may wear armbands to class protesting against America's war in Vietnam when such display does not disrupt classes. |
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| Miller v. California 91973) |
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| Obscenity defined as appealing to prurient interests of an average person with materials that lack literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. |
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| There may not be a law to ban flag-burning. |
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| McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) |
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| Upholds 2002 campaign finance reform law. |
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| Gideon v. Wainwright (1964) |
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| Persons charged with a crime have a right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one. |
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