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| A. (1963) Decision holding that a Pennsylvania law requiring Bible reading in schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. B. (1961) Established exclusionary rule; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court; Warren Court’s judicial activism. C. (1984) The nativity scene was allowed to remain in view; Allowed holiday decorations on town property D. (1992) Upheld the constitutional right to have an abortion but lowered the standard for analyzing restrictions of that right, invalidating one regulation but upholding the others. E. (1833) the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution's Bill of Rights restricts only the powers of the federal government and not those of the state governments. F. (1971) Government-supported programs in religious schools must have a primary secular purpose, neither aid nor inhibit religion, & not excessively entangle government, religion. G. (2002) Tested the allowance of school vouchers in relation to the establishment clause of the First Amendment. H. (1972) Ruled against a special First Amendment privilege that would allow the press to refuse to answer grand jury questions concerning news sources. I. (1987) Upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty against charges that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment because minority defendants were more likely to receive the death penalty than White defendants. J. (1968) Criminal prohibition against burning a draft card did not violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech K. (1978) Ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. L. (1931) Supreme Court decision holding that the first amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint. M. (1973) In a unanimous decision, the Court held that the law's dissimilar treatment of men and women was unconstitutional. N. (1971) Libel case-writer did it with intent to defame-knew it was false-wrote it with malicious intent. Public officials/figures have less privacy rights. O. (1966) Ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination P. (1958) The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's demand for the lists had violated the right of due process guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Q. (1963) Ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one. R. (1857) The court ruled that slaves are property, not people. (Before 14th amendment) S. (1896) The courts ruled in favor of segregation -- "Separate but Equal". T. (1976) Ruled that a North Carolina law establishing a mandatory death sentence for all convicted first-degree murderers constituted a violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. |
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