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Supreme Court Cases

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show (1803) Judicial Review and the Constitution is the Highest Law  
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show (1819) The federal level of the goverment could not be taxed by a lower level  
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show (1824) The fact that New York was being inconsistanct in their liscencing of steam boats transporting people across the river and that the Federal Government was supreme  
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Barron v. Baltimore   show
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Dred Scott v. Sandford   show
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show (1895) The state law of racial segeration was within constitutional boundaries and the decision was based on the seperate but equal doctrine  
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show (1918) Saying something depends on how they are being used and during wartime something that could be said during peacetime may not be said  
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show (1944) This decison ruled that the protection of America was more important that the protection personal liberties at the time  
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show (1952) The Seperate But Equal is unequal and the seperation of schools must stop and all schools need to be intergrated  
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show (1960) This case said that any evidence that was attained illegaly is not valid in the court of law and is admissible evidence meaning it can not be used.  
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Buckley v. Valeo   show
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show (1977) The use of racial quotas for the admitance of students to schools was in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and therefor the school must admit Bakke into the school and furthered civil rights.  
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show (1962) The court ruled in favor of Gideon because under the Fourteenth Amendment the Sixth Amendment applied to the state level as well and Gideon diserved an attorney.  
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Miranda v. Arizona   show
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show (1964) Griswold was running a practice with married couples to practice safe sex and in doing so Connecticut charged them and the Supreme Court ruled that under the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 9th amendment it created a new protectoin of privacy.  
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show (1971) Roe wanted to terminate her pregancy an under Texas law that could not be done unless it was to protect the female's life. The court ruled in favor of Roe upholding their Griswold outcome with the right of privacy.  
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Baker v. Carr   show
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Gitlow v. New York   show
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show (1963) The New York Times published something about Martin Luther King being arrested in order to vote for Sullivan and Sullivan claimed that it was slander and under the First Amendment the Court ruled in favor of Times because the slander was not malice  
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Engel v. Vitale   show
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show (1970) This case started the Lemon test which makes sure that money given to private schools to make sure that the money was not being used for religion purposes.  
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New Jersey v. T.L.O   show
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show (1975) Gregg was found guilty of murder and robbery and was sentenced to death. The court upheld the death sentence and was not cruel and unusual punishment.  
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U.S. v. Nixon   show
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show (2000) Gore wanted a recount of votes in Florida and Bush said that there could not be a recount of the votes and the Supreme Court agreed with that announcement.  
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