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Which court case is related to "No school sponsored prayer"

Engel v. Vitale

100

Students were wearing armbands to protest the Vietnam war. “civil liberties do not end at the school house door

Tinker v. Des Moines

100

5th Amendment rights when you are detained; must be read rights before being detained or questioned. This case is the reason we have "Miranda Rights"

Miranda v. Arizona

100

This court case said segregation was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

200

Created 3 prong test to determine if state aid to private schools is constitutional. (States are not allowed to give financial aid to "church related education"

Lemon v. Kurtzman

200

This court cases establishes rules for the press and obscene materials 

Miller v. California

200

This court case set the precedent that you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot pay, the state will provide you one.

Gideon v. Wainwright

200

The U.S. government started a national bank. This court case showed that Congress can do more than what is expressed in the Constitution because of the elastic clause 

McCulloch v. Maryland

300

Okay to publish papers of how we got into Vietnam; gov’t has no power of prior restrain

New York Times v. U.S.

300

A landmark case called into question whether the imposition of the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. At the time the death penalty was not legal because juries were not given guidelines on when to impose it

Furman v. Georgia

300

Court case that happened during WW-2. When Japanese Americans went to internment camps for the duration of the war. This case set the precedent the national security is more important than protection of civil liberties.

Korematsu v. U.S.

300

This court case said that race can be a factor in determining college admission. (affirmative action)

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

400

court case that said "No inciting people to ignore the draft"

Schenck v. U.S.

400

court said evidence seized unlawfully, without a search warrant, could not be used in criminal prosecutions in state courts. "Exclusionary rule applies in state cases"

Mapp v. Ohio

400

Supreme court case that said slavery was legal. Was overturned by 13th, and 14th amendment.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

400

The president does not have the power of “executive privilege” to keep things secret if the nation’s interests are above those of the president’s need for privacy

 U.S. v. Nixon

500

Court case that said it is your first amendment right to burn the flag

Texas v. Johnson

500

This case made it Standard to search you in school if they have “reasonable suspicion”

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

500

This court case said discrimination based on race (segregation) was legal, as long as the separate accommodations are equal. Letting Jim Crow laws be in effect during the 19th and 20th centuries

Plessy v. Ferguson

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