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War

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Liberal: anti-war
Conservative: pro-military

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Abortion

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L: pro-choice
C: pro-life

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Capital punishment

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L: anti-death penalty
C: pro-death penalty

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Gun control

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L: support
C: oppose

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Censorship

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L: oppose
C: support

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Gay rights

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L: support
C: oppose

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Affirmative action

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L: support
C: oppose

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Entitlements

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L: support
C: oppose

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Sex Education

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L: safe sex
C: abstinence only

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School Prayer

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L: oppose
C: support

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Evolution

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L: darwinism
C: intelligent design

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Incorporation

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All of your rights are applied nationally, has to be tried in court to be applied to states

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Hawks

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Pro-military; aggressive foreign policy

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Doves

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Pro-negotiation; peace; anti- war

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“Guns or Butter”

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The opportunity cost; you can’t have enough money for both military and domestic goods

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Habeas Corpus

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Can’t arrest and detain without a charge; means to have a body in latin.

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Precedent

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A previous case that sets a legal standard for all other cases to come

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Capital punishment

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The death penalty

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Corporal Punishment

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Punishment of the body; torture

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Censorship

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Government control of media

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The press

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Paper; internet media

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Sodomy

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Gay sex

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Entitlements

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Government benefits all are entitled to

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Prior restraint

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Censorship of media

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Exclusionary rule

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Law prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial

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Plea bargain

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Plead a certain way in order to lessen the charges

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Potter stewart’s definition of obscenity

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“I know it when I see it”

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Civil rights act

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Outlawed discrimination of race, gender, religion, or national origin.

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Title IX

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Act that got rid of discrimination in school, sports, etc…

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Welfare

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Means-based program; unemployment and child pay

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Affirmative action

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Programs to repair past minority discrimination

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LBJ’s great society (1965)

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Goal for elimination of poverty and racial injustice

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Reagan revolution (1980)

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Anti-welfare programs

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Pleased v. Ferguson

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Established separate but equal; issue of segregation; 10th

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Ruled out segregation and discrimination in schools; overturned Plessey; 14th

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Schenk v. US

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Arrested for starting a riot; determined speech to be limited if it presents a clear and present danger

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Roe v. Wade

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Right to privacy; abortion pro-choice; 4th

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Griswold v. CT

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Dealt with birth control pills, CT banned birth control pills; violated right to privacy; 4th

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Heller v. DC

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Challenged DC restricted gun laws

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Lawrence v. Texas

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Gay rights case; right to privacy; 4th

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Bowers v. Hardwick

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Ruled moral issues states rights; upheld 10th; arrested for violation of sodomy law

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Loving v. VA

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State bans on interracial marriage determined unconstitutional

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Miller v. CA

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Determined obscenity defined by community standards

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Miranda v. AZ

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Miranda rights; 5th

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Tinker v. Des Moines

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Symbolic speech; 1st; black arm bands

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Near v. MN

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Recognized freedom of press by rejecting prior restraint on publication; 1st

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Barron v. Baltimore

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Defined concept federalism; bill of rights could not be applied to state government

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Engle v. Vitale

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Banned school wide prayer in public schools

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

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Ruled that you can’t combine the interest of religious people with others

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Abington v. Schemp

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Banned forced bible reading in school

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Smith v. Employment Div of Ore

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Held that state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition of a drug

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Dennis v. US

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Said dennis did not have the right under 1st amendment to free speech and assembly if involved plot to overthrow government

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Collins v. Smith

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Ruled swastika is a symbolic form of speech; entitled to 1st amendment protection

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Mcdonald v. Chicago

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Court upheld that 2nd amendment applies to states by due process clause of 14th amendment and incorporated

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Mapp v. Ohio

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Evidence illegally seized; 14th

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Jacobson v. US

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Arrested illegally; 4th; was receiving child porn through the mail

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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Ruled states are required under 6th, requires that indigent criminals be provided counsel at trial

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Furman v. GA

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Banned death penalty, ruled it was disproportionally applied to minorities

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McClusky v. Kemp

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Upheld constitutionally of death penalty against charges that minority defendants receive the death penalty more than whites

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Kennedy v. LA

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Ruled child rape not severe enough for execution

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Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Challenged “undue burden”; upheld Roe v. Wade

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Hernandez v. Texas

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Extended protection against discrimination to hispanics

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First amendment

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Freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly

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Establishment clause

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Prohibits establishing a national religion

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Free exercise clause

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Guarantee free exercise of religion

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Second amendment

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Right to bear arms

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Fourth amendment

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No illegal search and seizure

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Fifth amendment

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Miranda rights; right to remain silent

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Sixth amendment

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Right to trial

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Eighth amendment

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No cruel or unusual punishment

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Ninth amendment

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There are other rights out there

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Tenth amendment

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States’ rights

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13th, 14th, and 15th

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Abolished slavery, equal protection under law, extends right to vote for african americans

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Equal justice clause of 14th amendment

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Prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction equal protection of the law

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