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- Supreme Court upheld earlier decision establishing the doctrine of prior restrain. The doctrine protects the press from government attempts to block publication.
- The Supreme Court determined that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible.
- The principal removed articles about pregnancy and divorce from the school newspaper. A state court upheld a decision from a teacher who claimed first amendment rights, the Supreme Court overturned the decision in favor of the principal.
- The Supreme Court held that a person cannot be held in police custody unless told their specific rights.
- This decision upheld the separate-but-equal doctrine used by Southern states to perpetuate segregation following the Civil War.
- Ruled that the freedom of speech protection in the First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a "clear and present danger."
- The court ruled that for the first time that poor defendants in criminals cases have the right to a state paid attorney under the 6th amendment.
- Supreme Court that school officials did not violated a student's free speech and due process right when disciplined for making a lewd and vulgar at a school assembly.
- Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the authority to relocate Japanese Americans to designated areas as a necessary response to the attack of Pearl Harbor.
- When have Americans typically been supportive of giving the national government power?
- When most Americans say equality is an important value, they define equality as the opportunity for everyone to have a fair chance to succeed, and not the equality of results. T or F?
- Whereas-limits the role of government, -implies an obligation of the government to the people.
- How many branches are in the government?
- The major distinction of the US from other countries is a wide-spread belief in
- Which SC case ruled that racially segregated education was unconstitutional?
- The executive branch is described in Article ___ of the Constitution
- Which of the following are the inalienable rights deferred to in the Declaration of Independence?
- According to the original Constitution, Senate terms are served for
- The phrase "we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal" is found in
- The First Amendment to the Constitution protects all of the following except