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Engel v. Vitale (1962)

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Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Establishment Clause

Daily prayers in school

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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Exercise Clause

Last two years of school for Amish students

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Schenck v. US (1919)

Freedom of Speech

Anti-draft fliers during WWI

“clear and present danger”

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NYT v. US (1971)

Freedom of Speech

Printing leaked Pentagon papers

“prior restraint”

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Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Freedom of Speech

Wearing black armbands to protest Vietnam War

“material and substantial disruption”

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Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Freedom of Speech

Independent expenditures to support or oppose political candidates

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Baker v. Carr (1962)

14th Amendment, Equal Protection, Due Process

Reapportionment and redistricting

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Brown v. Board (1954)

14th Amendment, Equal Protection, Civil Rights Act of 1964

Segregation in schools

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Shaw v. Reno (1993)

14th Amendment, Equal Protection

Racial gerrymandering

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Selective Incorporation

Right to have a lawyer in criminal cases

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McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Selective Incorporation

State handgun ban

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McCulloch v. MD (1819)

Necessary and Proper Clause, Supremacy Clause, Implied Powers

Taxing federal bank

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US v. Lopez (1995)

Commerce Clause

Guns at schools related to “commerce”

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Roe v. Wade (1973)

Right to Privacy

Abortion

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Judicial Review

Midnight judges

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