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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brown V Board facts | -consolidation of many cases in the south -african american students denied admittance to certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race -brown argued it violated equal protection act of 14th amendment |
| Plessury v Fergueson precedent | -held that racially segregated public facilities were legal as long as the two different facilities were equal |
| brown v board constitutional principle | equal protection clause of the 1st amendmnet |
| brown v board ruling | unanimous in favor of Brown -segregation in public schools inherently unequal -> violated EQC |
| Wisconsin v Yoder facts | -3 amish kids prosecuted for not going to school until 16 under a Wisconsin law -parents refused to send kids to school past 8th grade bc went against their religious beliefs |
| Wisconsin v Yoder constitutional principle | 1st amendment -- freedom of religion |
| Wisconsin v Yoder ruling | unanimous for Yoder -held that individuals interest in 1st amendment freedom of religion outweighs Wisconsin law |
| affirmative action | a policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previous disadvantaged group |
| Regents of UC v Bakke | supreme court decision holding a state university may weight race into the admissions process but may not set aside places for a specific racial gorup |
| Gutter v Bollinger | upheld Umich's law school use of race as one of the many factors in admissions |
| Gratz v Bollinger | struck down Umich's point system that rewarded POC 20 extra points |
| civil rights | policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by gov officials or individuals |
| civil liberties | guarantees of personal freedoms that gov cannot restrict without due process |
| 5 freedoms of 1st amendment | religion, speech, press, assembly, petition to gov |