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State/Year

Bong hits 4 Jesus

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Alaska 2007

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Moroe v.Fredrick

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Bong Hits 4 Jesus

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What was the situation with Moroe v. Fredrick?

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Fredrick joined his friends on public sidewalk, off of school grounds with friends to hold the banner. Did happen during school hours so principle came and suspended him for 5 days

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Court ruling on Moroe v. Fredrick

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Suspension stands because it was not a violation of the first amendment, since it happened during school hours it was considered a school activity

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When did US v. Stevens happen?

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2010

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Federal statue criminalizing seeling, distributing or possessing depictions of animal cruelty

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US v. Stevens

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What happened in US v. Stevens?

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Stevens sold some pitbull fight videos for his business and served 137 months in federal

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Why was the law created by US v. Stevens struck down?

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It was too broad, but the public was outraged so they tightened up the cruelty statue

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Crush video

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Human foot crushing animals skull

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When did Snyder v. Phelps happen?

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2010

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What happened in Snyder v. Phelps?

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Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church picket slain soldiers’ funerals with repugnant signs.

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Was Snyder v. Phelps protected by free speech?

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Yes

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Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans happened when?

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2015

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What happened in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans?

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Texas DPS rejection of confederate flag license plates

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Ruling in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Not a violation of free speech because the speech in question is not individual speech but government speech since license plates are government issued

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What is Jan, 19th?

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Texas Confederate Heroes Day

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What was the deal with Texas Confederate Heroes day?

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People wanted the date moved because of how closely it fell next to MLK day but it didn’t change and didn’t move.

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Human v. New Hampshire DMV

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Wanted vanity plate that said “cops lie” and Human was pro-se arguing that it was a matter of free speech and won

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Is cursing on a Juror Questionnaire free speech?

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Erick Haubenstriker

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What happened with Haubenstriker?

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He cursed on a questionnaire and was brought before the judge for contempt of court, when apologizing didn’t work out he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3 days in jail

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When did People v. Valarie Perez happen?

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2014

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What happened in People v. Valarie Perez?

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Perez was waiting to get something taken care of and the judge called recess and once she was in the hall she cursed about it and a bailiff took her to the judge served 8 days and it was appealed all the way up to the federal circuit court

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When did Nevada DMV v. William Junge happen?

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2009

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What happened in Nevada DMV v. William Junge?

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Someone had a license plate that said “hoe” plate was revoked after having if for years and was denied this once looked up on urban dictionary

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What was the ruling on Nevada DMV v. William Junge?

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Urban dictionary is not a proper source to invalidate the license plate

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What happened with Policing for Jesus

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During a traffic stop a state trooper asked driver if she had accepted Jesus and whether she had a home church the driver filed a case and sued

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What was the key phrase in the matter of Policing for Jesus?

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Inherently coercive, officers can’t do that

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Riley v. California (2014)

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Can law enforcement search cell phone w/o a warrant after an arrest as they are allowed to do with books and wallets?

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What happened with Riley v. California?

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Unanimous decision that cell phones have no comparison to wallets

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Maryland v. King happened when?

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2012

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What happened in Maryland v. King?

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Said that 4th amendment clashes with our inner mouths, dealt with Buccal swabs, limited to serious offenses but valid against King

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When did Florence v. Board of Freeholders

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2012

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What did Florence v. Board of Freeholders deal with?

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Said 4 amendment clashes with our body cavities

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Florence v. Board of Freeholders

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Spent a week in jail even though his ticket was paid and had 2 suspicious-less strip searches it was ruled in favor of the jail (5-4) due to paramount interest to security

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CODIS

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Combined DNA Index System

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What happened in David Eckert v. Deming Police and Gila Hospital

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7 hour detention for rolling through a Walmart parking lot stop sign, drug dog that wasn’t really a drug dog alerted, and later received a $6000 bill from the hospital that violated him

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Animus Curiae

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Friend of the court

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When did Jane Doe v. The El Paso County Hospital District happen?

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2014

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What happened in Jane Doe v. The El Paso County Hospital District?

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54 year old US citizen, 6 hours and $6000 hospital bill and ended up $1,100,000 settlement

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What happened to Timothy Young?

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He received a $925,000 settlement from Hidalgo county after being detained and searched

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When did US v. Jones happen?

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2012

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What was US v. Jones over?

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Whether the warrantless use of tracking device on respondent’s vehicle to monitor its movements on public streets violated the 4th amendment and whether the government violated respondent’s 4th A. rights by installing the GPS tracking device on his vehicle w/o warrant and valid consest

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What was the ruling on the US v. Jones?

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Unanimous agreement that it was a wrongful violation (means don’t justify the ends) so even though they busted him the amount of time and the way they went about it invalidated the entire process

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How many trials did the US v. Jones case have?

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3

45
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What was the Elonis v. US case about?

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Elonis getting time because of his rap lyrics

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Florida v. Jardines happened when?

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2012

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What happened in the Florida v. Jarindes case?

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Officer would walk his dog in the neighborhood and dog would alert and then they’d go get a warrant

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Famous line from the Florida v. Harris case

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“The mythic reliability of drug sniffing dogs”

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After Florida v. Harris

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Court imposed a heavy burden to present the training of the dog, the dogs certification records, an explanation of the particular training and certification of dog and performance records

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When did Florida v. Harris happen?

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2013

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What happened in Florida v. Harris?

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The supremes were concerned about the inability for defense to cross exam drug dogs

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What was the significance of US v. Place?

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The search was upheld as luggage was in a public place and TSA has an important governmental interest in maintaining airport security

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When did Rodriguez v. US happen?

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2015

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What was Rodriguez v. US about?

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Can a completed traffic stop be delayed further to bring in traffic stop? Person was pulled over for going of the line once completed asked if the drug dog could sniff once consent was refused he was handcuffed and pulled out case was thrown out because the stop was deemed unconstitutional after he was dragged out

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When was Indianapolis v. Edmond?

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2000

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What happened with Indianapolis v. Edmond?

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It violates the 4th amendment for the police to create a checkpoint at which they stopped cars just to have a drug sniffing dog detect the presence of drugs

57
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an area of land attached to a house and forming one enclosure with it.

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Curtilage

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“on its own motion” describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party. The term is usually applied to actions by a judge taken without a prior motion or request from the parties.

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Sua Sponte

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