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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Giddeon v Wainwright 1963 Protecting accused from trial | protects the accused by granting them the right to legal counsel in both capital and non capital cases regardless of the ability to pay for an atterney |
| Witherspoon v Illinois 1968 Protecting the accused for trial | protects the accused by preventing the prosecution from imposing a "stacked" jury |
| United States v Virginia 1996 Affinitive action in Higher Education | Male only admission ONLY state-supported military academies were unconstitutional Equal Protection Clause on the 14th Amendment |
| Gatz v Bollinger 2003 Affinitive action in Higher Education | The court upheld Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan Graduate school. but not the undergrad school |
| Loving V Virginia 1967 Right to Marriage | The court stuck down all state laws banned "inter racial marriages" Prior to 1967 some states made it a criminal offense to engage in an inter racial marriage and subject to prison |
| Goodrich v Department of Public Health 2004 Right to Marriage | by order of the supreme court, Massachusetts " same sex marriage" Mass. became the first state to legalize same sex marriage. Gay marriage |
| Faragher V City of Boca Raton 1998 Sex crimes | sexual harassment in the workplace. not mentioned in the Civil right Act 1964 ambiguity that can exist in law |
| United States v Williams 2007 Sex Crimes | |
| Lundman v First Church of Christ 1993 Free expression of religion | |
| Zelman v Simmons 2001 Free expression of religion | |
| Miranda v Arizona 1966 Read me my rights | a suspect must be read his rights upon arrest before intermigration The suspect has the right to remain silent the right to an attorney Ernesto Miranda case 1966 |
| Dickerson v United states 2000 Read me my rights | |
| Roe v Wade 1973 Abortion Rights | 9th Amendment, right to privacy and the entirety of the Bill of Rights a woman has the right to an abortion. |
| Gonzalez v Carhart 2007 Abortion Rights | The Supreme Court reversed its stance on partial birth abortion, largely due to the replacement of Sandra Day O'Conner with Samuel Alito as an associate justice on the court |
| Buckley v Valeo 1978 Campaign on finance Decisions | The court declared that "money is speech" and protected by the first amendment therefore a candidate is entitled to spend as much of their own money as they wish in order to win office. |
| Lifted the restrictions in corporate and union spending in federal election campaign, victory to corporation in using their money to fund elections to their advantage |
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