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Brown v. Board of Education

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End racial school segregation (Desegregation)

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Cherokee Nation Cases

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Native sovereignty matters

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DC v. Heller

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Individual gun ownership right (gun rights)

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Dred Scott:

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Denied African American citizenship

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Engel v. Vitale

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No official school prayer

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Furman v. Georgia

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Paused death penalty

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Gratz/Grutter

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Nuanced affirmative action rules

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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Right to privacy (contraception)

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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

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Schools can censor newspapers

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Mapp v. Ohio

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Exclude illegal evidence (evidence rules)

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Marbury v. Madison:

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Judicial review (court can declare laws as unconstitutional)

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Suspect rights (right to remain silent)

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Near v. Minnesota

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No prior government media censorship

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Roe v. Wade

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Abortion rights

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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“Separate but equal” (later rejected), Segregation.

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Powell v. Alabama

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Right to legal counsel

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Schenck v. U.S

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Limit dangerous speech

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Texas v. Johnson

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Flag burning = free speech 🇺🇸

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Terry v. Ohio

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Police stop-and-frisk rules

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Bakke Case

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Race in admissions ( race can’t be the sole admission factor)

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Pentagon Papers

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(Press freedom wins!!) The government could not prevent the publification of classified documents.

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Tinker v. Des Moines

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Student speech rights

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Minersville/West Virginia

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No forced flag salute

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Island Trees v. Pico

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Can’t ban library books

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Dobbs v. Jackson

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Wanted to restrict abortion rights

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Buck v. Bell

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Upheld forced sterilization

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Gore v. Bush

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Election decision (Decided 2000 election)

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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Right to an attorney ( Legal representation)

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Loving v. Virginia:

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Interracial marriage lega

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