Civil Liberties Cases

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In this case the Court held that the police must inform suspects that they have the right to remain silent, that anything they say may be used against them, and that they have the right to counsel before the police may begin to question them.

Miranda v. Arizona

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Held that forcing a group to reveal its membership list if such a revelation would endanger the members would violate that group's right to association

NAACP v. Alabama

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In this case, the Supreme Court suspended capital punishment in all the states because the Court said that the procedures being used to enforce the death penalty were not being fairly applied.

Furman v. Georgia

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This case said that a school district could provide school buses for religious schools. Such assistance would not violate the establishment clause.

Everson v. Board of Education

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This case established the criteria that the Supreme Court would use to judge if a law violated freedom of religion. This case involved the state trying to provide textbooks and paying teacher salaries for religious schools.

Lemon v. Kurtzman

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This case established that freedom of speech could be limited in times of "clear and present danger."

Schenck v. U.S.

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This case made it clear that the Fourth Amendment applied to the states and so local law enforcement officers needed a warrant to search a suspect's home

Mapp v. Ohio

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The Court ruled in this case that the government could not exercise prior restraint to prevent a newspaper from publishing negative information about the country's involvement in Vietnam.

New York Times Co. v. U.S.

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In this case, the Court approved procedures for determining if a guilty defendant should receive the death penalty. After this case, the suspension of capital punishment ended.

Gregg v. Georgia

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The Court ruled in favor of students' rights to exercise their freedom of speech symbolically by wearing black armbands to protest the war in Vietnam.

Tinker v. Des Moines

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This case established that the state must provide attorneys for poor defendants.

Gideon v. Wainwright

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First case that incorporated the First Amendment into the 14th Amendment; held that freedom of speech is a basic right that no state may deny

Gitlow v New York

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The court incorporated freedom of the press into the 14th Amendment; prohibited prior restraint

Near v. Minnesota

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