2013 CG Final
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| What kind of minds do critical thinkers have? | Open
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| What are critical thinkers able to see? | Pros and cons of both sides
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| What is bias? | Being unfair to one side.
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| Why is realizing that everyone has a different reality important? | You can see that everyone is different and might not think like you do.
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| What is something a non-critical thinker would say? | If you don’t agree with me, you’re stupid!
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| What are the two parts to a government? What do they concern? | Economy – money, Politics - power
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| What’s the difference between capitalism and socialism? | Capitalism – individual controls wealth Socialism – gov controls wealth
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| What’s the only difference between socialism and communism? | Socialism – goods distributed by how hard you work Communism – goods distributed based on need
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| How could you argue that America is communist and capitalist? | Individuals control the wealth, but everyone gets help from the government if they need it.
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| Define Anarchy | No government
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| Define Dictatorship | One person controls the government
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| Define Oligarchy | Ruled by few
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| Define Plutocracy | Ruled by rich
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| Define Totalitarian Dictatorship | One leader controls gov, religion, culture and economy
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| Define Theocracy | Ruled by God or the religion
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| Define Monarchy | One ruler who got power from birth
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| Define Republic | Ppl vote for ppl who make laws
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| How is a republic different from a parliament? | Republic has other branches, parliament is the entire government.
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| What is a pure democracy? | Everyone votes for everything.
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| How is a republic similar to a parliament? | Both have representatives voted for by the people.
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| Which party would most people who live in the city vote for? | Democrats
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| Which party would most minorities vote for? | Democrats
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| Which party would most people who live in the Midwest vote for? | Republicans
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| Which party would most Jews vote for? | Democrats
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| Which party would most wealthy people vote for? | Republicans
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| Which party would most people who were raised republican vote for? | Republicans
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| Which party is more liberal? | Democrats
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| Which party is more conservative? | Republicans
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| Which party would Locke vote for? | Democrats
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| Which party would Hobbes vote for? | Republicans
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| Which philosopher thought most people are selfish? | Hobbes
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| Which philosopher thought most people are good? | Locke
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| What does Locke loves and Hobbes hates mean? | Locke thinks people are mostly good, Hobbes thinks people are mostly selfish.
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| Which party would want lower taxes? | Republicans
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| Which party would ban abortion? | Republicans
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| Which party would make seatbelts mandatory? | Republicans
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| Which party would pass a law making Christianity the official US religion? | Republicans
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| Which party would make gay marriage illegal? | Republicans
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| Which party would raise taxes? | Democrats
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| Which party would raise the minimum wage? | Democrats
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| Which party would like a strict separation of church and state? | Democrats
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| Which party would probably legalize illegal drugs? | Democrats
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| Which party would make punishments for crimes less strict? | Democrats
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| Which party would lower the drinking age? | Democrats
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| Which party would put more money into public schools? | Democrats
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| Which party would cut welfare spending? | Republicans
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| Which party would ban the death penalty? | Democrats
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| Where were Locke and Hobbes from? | England
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| During which century did Locke and Hobbes live? | 1700s (18th Century)
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| What are Locke and Hobbes’ first names? | John and Thomas
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| Credit | get goods now and promise to pay later
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| Natural resources | Anything from the Earth that has an economic value
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| Market economy | an econ system where the consumers make decisions
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| Command economy | an econ system where the gov makes decisions
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| Budget | a plan for how money will be spent and earned
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| Want | things for which you desire or wish but life, health, and safety don't depend
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| Services | things done for you to meet your needs
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| Producers | businesses that grow or make goods
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| Suppliers | businesses that buy goods from producers and sell them to consumers
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| Consumers | the people who buy goods and services
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| Wholesale | prices of products when producers sell to suppliers
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| Retail | prices of products when suppliers sell to consumers
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| Taxes | money paid to gov from citizens
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| Expenses | money that is spent
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| Income | money that is earned
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| Gross | the amount of money earned before taxes and other deductions are taken out
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| Commerce | another word for business
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| Barter | to trade without using money
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| Capital | the money used to start a business
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| Needs | things upon which your life, health and safety depend
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| Which economic system is based on individual profit? | Capitalism
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| Who owns the production in capitalism? | Individual
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| Who was the father of capitalism? Where was he from? | Adam Smith, Scotland
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| What was Smith’s book called? | Wealth of Nations
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| What did Smith think was the role of the government in the economy? | It had no role. It should stay out of the economy.
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| What is physiocracy? | Wealth is based on how much land you have.
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| What did Smith say was the major source of wealth? | Labor
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| Why did Smith say workers would work hard in factories? | To raise production, which raises profits, which raises their wages.
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| What is “the invisible hand”? How does it work? | The way the market balances itself out by shortages raising prices, which entices others to sell the product which brings prices back down and brings variety.
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| Why could competition in the market help people? | It keeps prices down and a wide variety.
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| What does laissez-faire translate to? What does it mean? | “let them do”. It means that the government should let the marked be free and not interfere.
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| What did Smith say about import taxes? | They make prices go up.
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| It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. – Smith, Wealth of Nations – What does that mean? | People don’t sell you things because they like you, they do it for profit.
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| What are three criticism of capitalism? | Workers can be treated unfairly., Some people become very poor, Some must lose for some to win.
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| In communism, what does “To each according to their needs” mean? | Everyone will get what they need.
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| How does ownership work in communism? | Everyone shares everything. No one person owns anything.
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| Who is the father of communism? Where was he from? | Karl Marx, Germany
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| What did Marx think history was all about? | Class struggles. The poor man being kept down by the rich man.
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| Name three countries that adopted Marx’s ideas. | France, Russia, China
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| What did Marx say about religion? What did that mean? | He said it was the “opiate of the people” which means that people focus on religion and the afterlife when they should be fighting for this life. He saw religion as something that the rich invented to keep the peasants down.
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| What is the proletariat? | The working class
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| What is the bourgeoisie? | The land and factory owners
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| What did Marx say would happen among the proletariat and the bourgeoisie? | A war would happen with the proletariat winning. Then, everyone would be equal and there would be no government or social classes.
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| What are four criticism of Marx’s Ideas? | In the 20th century, it is estimated that 50 million people were killed in the name of communism. Most of Marx’s predictions haven’t came true yet. It is inconsistent with human nature. It degrades religion.
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| larceny | taking someone's property with the intention of stealing it; stealing property without using force
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| civil law | laws that guide how people relate with each other such as in business
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| criminal law | laws that guide public conduct
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| plaintiff | the person bringing the complaint to court in a civil case
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| prosecutor | the lawyer(s) representing the government, filing charges against the accused
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| defendant | the person responding to the charges/complaint brought against them
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| preponderance of evidence | in a civil trial, there is enough evidence to suggest that the defendant probably did it
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| beyond a reasonable doubt | enough evidence to gain a conviction in criminal court
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| felony | serious crimes; usually punishable by more than 2.5 years in prison
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| misdemeanor | less serious crimes; usually punishable by less than 2.5 years in prison
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| first degree murder | premeditated murder that involves intent
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| second degree murder | homicide that takes place with in the commission of another felony, such as rape or robbery
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| third degree murder | homicide that involves intent, but does not require premeditation
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| voluntary manslaughter | homicide with intent, no premeditation, for an understandable reason
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| involuntary manslaughter | unintentional homicide caused by reckless or negligent behavior
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| extortion | taking property of another using threat of future harm; also called blackmail
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| embezzlement | taking someone's property that was entrusted to you
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| burglary | entering an enclosed structure against the consent of the owner
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| entrapment | defense claiming the accused was solicited to commit a crime by a police officer
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| restitution | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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| intent | the offender meant to commit the crime
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| accessory before the fact | helping the principal in the commission of a crime
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| solicitation | encouraging someone to commit a crime
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| conspiracy | two or more people plan to commit a crime
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| euthanasia | mercy killing
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| precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
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| motive | the reason a person commits a crime
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| bail | the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
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| litigant | either the defendant or the plaintiff
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| miranda warning | ..., warnings police must give persons detained or arrested as criminal suspects
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| deposition | ..., (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness
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| parole | ..., (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
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| probation | ..., (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
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| juvenile | ...an underage defendant
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| no contest | ...a plea before the court in which the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes the alleged charges without offering a defense
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| warrant | ...a written order issued by a judicial officer or other authorized person commanding a law enforcement officer to perform some act incident to the administration of justice
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| plead | ...accused person makes a formal reply to a charge in a criminal court
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| sentence | ..., (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
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| appeal | ..., (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
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| What were the two sides in Plessy v. Ferguson? | Plessy was black train rider, Ferguson owned train
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| What were the facts of Plessy v. Ferguson? | Plessy kicked off train, arrested for riding on white car
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| What was the conclusion of Plessy v. Ferguson? | Ferguson won. Separate is equal.
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| What were the two sides in Brown v. Board? | Brown – black mom w/ student. Board – school board
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| What were the facts of Brown v. Board? | Brown wanted to go to white school. Wasn’t allowed. Sued.
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| What was the conclusion of Brown v. Board? | Brown wins. Separate is not equal.
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| What were the two sides in Heart of Atlanta v. US? | Heart = motel, US is US gov.
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| What were the facts of Heart of Atlanta v. US? | Heart wanted to ban blacks, sued US b/c thought they had a right to.
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| What was the conclusion of Heart of Atlanta v. US? | US wins. Heart must serve all.
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| What were the two sides in Tinker v. Des Moines? | Tinker = students, Des Moines = school board
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| What were the facts of Tinker v. Des Moines? | Tinker wore armbands to protest Vietnam. Suspended when they didn't remove them.
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| What was the conclusion of Tinker v. Des Moines? | Tinker wins. Armbands weren’t distractive.
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| What were the two sides in Engle v. Vitale? | Engle=student Vitale=school board of NY state
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| What were the facts of Engle v. Vitale? | NY schools had nondenominational prayer. Engle sued.
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| What was the conclusion of Engle v. Vitale? | School prayer violated AM1. State can’t have official religion.
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| What were the two sides in Bethel v. Fraser? | Fraser made obscene comment at assembly. Bethel was school board.
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| What were the facts of Bethel v. Fraser? | Fraser said AM1 protected him.
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| What was the conclusion of Bethel v. Fraser? | Bethel wins b/c Fraser took rights to decency away from audience.
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| What were the two sides in Mapp v. Ohio? | Mapp = woman who was searched w/o warrant, OH = state
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| What were the facts of Mapp v. Ohio? | Cops found child porn while searching for fugitive. She wanted it thrown out.
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| What was the conclusion of Mapp v. Ohio? | Evidence thrown out. Mapp wins.
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| What were the two sides in Texas v. Johnson? | Johnson burned US flag. Texas = state.
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| What were the facts of Texas v. Johnson? | Illegal to burn flag or protected by AM1?
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| What was the conclusion of Texas v. Johnson? | Flag burning is protected by 1AM.
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| What were the two sides in New Jersey v. TLO? | TLO student smoking at school. Search turned up pot. New Jersey = state
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| What were the facts of New Jersey v. TLO? | Search legal w/o warrant?
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| What was the conclusion of New Jersey v. TLO? | Search was legal for safety of students.
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