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Supreme Court Cases
Segregation
Rights of the Accused
Potpourri
Definitions
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barred school led prayer.
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)
100
Upheld busing in order to achieve racially balanced schools.
What is Swann. Charlotte-Mecklenberg County Schools?
100
necessary for police to make an arrest.
What is probably cause?
100
When prior restraint is permissible.
What is for high school newspapers?
100
Exclusionary Rule
What is "evidence obtained in violation of your Constitutional Rights cannot be used against you."
200
Maintained the Bill of Rights only applied to the national government.
What is Barron v. Baltimore?
200
The evidence that was introduced to show that segregation was "inherently unequal."
What is psychological tests measuring self esteem in black children?
200
When a lawyer must be provided for a defendant.
What is "whenever imprisonment could be imposed"?
200
Is regulated by the Federal Communication Commission
What is commercial speech on radio and television?
200
Segregation de Facto
What is segregation maintained by law?
300
Held that "community standards" are relevant for questions of obscenity.
What is Miller v. California?
300
Were rejected by the courts because most student chose to stay in their segregated schools.
What are "Freedom of Choice" plans?
300
Held that for a confession to be voluntary, a suspect must be told that he or she need not talk to the police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
300
Affirmative Action quotas were declared unconstitutional
What is Bakke v. University of California?
300
quid pro quo
What is something for something?
400
Established a right to privacy for the first time
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
400
The dissent that claimed "Our Constitution is color blind."
What is Harlan's dissent in Pleesy v. Ferguson?
400
Constitutionally, a jury must have this many people?
What is the size of a jury is not specified in the Constitution.
400
The age that The Age Discimination in Employment Act prohibits discrimination against.
What is 40?
400
Hyde Amendment
What is an amendment added to most federal legislation that restricts the use of federal funds for abortions?
500
Held that capital punishment is not "cruel and unusual."
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
500
The holding in Loving v. Virginia
What is State laws that prohibits interracial marriage are unconstitutional?
500
This is due to the fact that government is most likely to attempt to deprive citizens of their life, liberty, and property when they have been accused of a crime.
Why do most of the amendments in the Bill of Rights apply to rights of the accused?
500
Symbolic speech protected in Texas v. Johnson
What is flag burning?
500
"Hate speech"
What is the controversial regulation of speech designed to intimidate a certain demographic in society?