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Civ Liberties Cases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Court ruled that a "moment of silence" is acceptable, but only if the purpose of the law is NOT to endorse prayer in schools | Wallace v. Jaffree |
| Schools may not exclude religious clubs from meeting on school property if they allow other clubs to meet; such an exclusion would violate equal acces | Westside Schools v. Mergens |
| Prayers led by students in high school football games are officially sponsored prayer and so are unconstitutional | Santa Fe Schools v. Doe |
| The Court established a higher standard of proof for convicting a newspaper of libel; the media must be guilty of actual malice by publishing a story they know to be false | New York v. Sullivan |
| Established that burning an American flag is protected symbolic speech | Texas v. Johnson |
| Fully incorporated the exclusionary rule to the states, saying that evidence obtained during an illegal search would no longer be admitted in either federal or state courts | Mapp v. Ohio |
| Held that schools that students' freedom of speech could be limited in order to preserve order in schools | v. Fraser |
| Held that a principal could enforce prior restraint on a student newspaper | Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier |
| Held that a private organization could exclude people they feel violates the groups' right of expressive association | Boy Scouts of America v. Dale |
| This case said that requiring school children to say a prayer every day would violate the establishment clause. | Engel v. Vitale |
| The Court held that a random drug test for athletes does not constitute an unreasonable search or seizure | Vernonia v. Acton |
| Held that a principal may conduct a warrantless search of a student's possessions in order to preserve order in school | New Jersey v. T.L.O. |
| The Court ruled that schools may impose corporal punishment on students in order to maintain order and discipline in schools | Ingraham v. Wright |
| The Court struck down provisions of the Communications Decency act and extended the First Amendment to the Internet | Reno v. ACLU |
| The Court ruled that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government | Barron v. Baltimore |
| Incorporated the right to legal counsel into the 14th Amendment | Powell v. Alabama |
| The court outlined criteria for determining if a work is obscene and, so, outside free speech protection | Miller v. California |
| The Court held that the protection against double jeopardy should not be incorporated within the 14th Amendment | Palko v. Connecticut |
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