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| restrictive covenants on property deeds was a violation of euual protection |
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| Missouri ex rel Gaines v Canada 1938 |
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sent black law student to school in North
violated discrimination laws |
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segregated facilities violated equal protectionlaws
first step in undermining 'seperate bu equal' laws |
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| McLaurin v Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 1950 |
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| equal facilities though segregated violate equal protection |
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| Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954 |
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upholds segregation as illegal
affects all segregation by law |
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school segregation was illegal
violated due process of 5th amendment |
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| denied right of state or federal officials to refuse to obey Supreme Court's decisions |
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appointment of state legislature had to be rational
case was referred to lower federal court |
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dealt with Georgia appointment laws
framers intended a man's vote to equal another's |
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"cow pasture legislatures"
applied one man, one vote principle for the first time |
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Colorado police illegally seized an appoinment book
did not apply federal federal exclusionary law
upheld Colorado |
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overturned Wolf v Colorado
first time 4th Amdt search and seizures applied |
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Supreme Court refused to incorporate 6th Amdt into 14th in non-capital criminal cases
Betts not given a lawyer |
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overturned Betts v Brady
applied 6th Amdt |
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police did not allow him to talk to his lawyer or inform him of rigth to silence
you have the right to silence |
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| incorporated both 5th and 6th Amdts |
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| random and arbitrary death penalty was violation of cruel and unusual punishment under 14th Amdt |
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| Youngstown SHeet and Tube Comp. v Sawyer 1952 |
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seizure of mill was illegal
no constitutional basis for doing so |
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| New York Times v United States 1971 |
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US pled national security
Supreme Court cited prior restraint(censorship)
1st Amdt freedom of press |
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| United States v Nixon 1974 |
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through subpeona duces tecum demanded tapes
executive privilege was not applicable in crime |
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| Clinton v City of New York 1998 |
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Snake river potato coop line vetoed
Article 1 requires that items be passed or or rejected in entireity |
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| San Antonion Indepedent School District v Rodriguez 1973 |
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parents challenged how Texas financed schools
education is not a right afforded explicit protection under federal constitution |
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| Regents of University of California v Bakke 1978 |
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quotas are illegal
race can only be considered but not a determining factor |
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| Fullilove v Klutznick 1980 |
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| upholding Public Works Employment Act wasn not a violation of equal protection |
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| Adrand Constructors Inc. v Pena 1995 |
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| any affirmative action program has to apply to victims of past discrimination rather than helping minorities |
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refused to extend privacy laws
illegal conduct is not protected because it happens at home |
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overturned Bower v Hardwick
sexual conduct protected in private
struck down all sodomy laws |
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| Boy Scouts of America v Dale 2000 |
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| New Jersey law violated right to freedom of assembly in private institutions |
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| upheld Georgia death penalty (eliminated randomness) |
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| Dolan v City of Tigard 1994 |
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bike path
city request for land was unjust taking under 5th Amdt |
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| United States v Lopez 1995 |
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| congress could regulate non-commercial activities only if they substantially affected interstate commerce |
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| Faragher v City of Boca Raton 1998 |
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| employer must exercise reasonable care to prevent sexual harrassment |
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| Oncale v Sundowner Offshore Services 1998 |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964 applied to all sexual discrimination |
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| parents have pre-eminent rights in the raising of children |
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| Dept of Commerce et al. v United States House of Representatives et al. 1999 |
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| used Census Act in overturning the Clinton smapling Act |
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