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Supreme Court cases

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Grutter v. Bollinger (2003); Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) “Reverse Discrimination”
California v. Bakke (1978) “Reverse Discrimination”
Dennis v. United States (1951) Smith Act, “clear and present danger”, 1st amendment–free speech
National Workers’ Party v. Skokie (1977) First Amendment “Right to Assembly”
Abbington Township v. Schempp (1963) First Amendment “Freedom of Religion”; Establishment clause; required Bible readings and prayer
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) Libel case, 1st amendment-Freedom of speech and press
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) Abortion, “informed spouses”, underage abortion, 14th amendment due process
Wallace v. Jaffree (1985) Violation of Establishment Clause (Congress cannot establish a religion), voluntary prayer in school, 1st amendment- religion
Buckley v. Valeo (1976) Financial political campaign contribution limits
U.S. v. Lopez (1995) Commerce Clause: Art I, Sec. 8, Clause 3
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) 1st Amendment: religion, public funds can be used in private schools but not for religious purposes. Establishment Clause
Baker v. Carr (1962) 14th amendment, equal protection, apportionment
Texas v. Johnson (1984) Flag burning, 1st amendment, speech, press, and assembly
Tinker v Des Moines (1969) Wearing armbands to school as protest– 1st amendment right to speech
Gitlow v. New York (1925) Violent overthrow of the U.S. Government is prohibited, 1st amendment–free speech.
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989) Abortion rights
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) Segregation of public schools
Shelley v. Kramer (1948) Segregation, 14th amendment–equal protection clause, racially restrictive covenants are not allowed
New York Times v. U.S. (1971) “Pentagon Papers” case, 1st amendment–free speech and press
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) KKK; 1st amendment- free speech, 14th amendment- due process
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) Creationism, 1st Amendent–religion and Establishment Clause
Clinton v. New York (1998) Line-item veto: Art. I Sec. 7 Clause 2-3
Griswald v. Connecticut (1965) Right to privacy
U.S. Term limits v. Thornton (1995) State law term limits
Abrams v. U.S. (1919) Espionage; 1st Amendment-free speech
U.S. v. Nixon (1974) Executive privilege, president is not above the law.
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