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| Brown v. Board of Education II (1855) |
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| Follow-up to Brown v. Board I, this case laid out the process for school desegregation and established the concept of dismantling segregationist systems "with all deliberate speed." |
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| Brown University v. Cohen (1997) |
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| Landmark Title IX case that put all colleges and universities on notice that discrimination against women would not be tolerated, even when, as in the case of Brown University, the university had tremendously expanded sports opportunities for women |
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| The Court ruled that money spent by an individual or political committee in support or opposition of a candidate (but independent of the candidate's campaign) was a form of symbolic speech, and therefor could not be limited under the First Amendment |
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| Controversial 2000 election case that made the final decision on the Florida recounts, and thus, the result of the 2000 election. The Rehnquist Court broke from tradition in this case by refusing to defer to the state court's decision |
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| Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) |
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| The case in which the Supreme Court incorporated the freedom of religion, ruling that the freedom to believe is absolute, but the freedom to act is subject to the regulation of society |
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| Chandler v. Miller (1997) |
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| The Supreme Court refused to allow Georgia to require all candidates for state office to pass a urinalysis thirty days before qualifying for nomination or election, concluding that this law violated the search-and-seizure clause |
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| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) |
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| Established the Supreme Court's rationale for distinguishing between protected and unprotected speech |
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| Chicage, B&O R.R. Co. v. Chicago (1897) |
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| Incorporated the Fifth Amendment's just compensation clause |
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| Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) |
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| The Court interpreted its jurisdiction under Article III, section 2, of the Constitution to include the right to hear suits brought by a citizen of one state against another state |
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| Civil Rights cases (1883) |
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| Name attached to five cases brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1875. In 1883, the Supreme Court decided that discrimination in a variety of public accommodations, including theaters, hotels, and railroads, could not be prohibited by the act because it was private and not state discrimination |
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| Clinton v. City of New York (1998) |
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| The Court ruled that the line-item veto was unconstitutional because it gave powers to the president denied him by the U.S. Constitution |
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| The Court refused to revers a lower court's decision that allowed Paula Jones's civil case against President Bill Clinton to proceed |
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| The Court defined its jurisdiction to include the right to review all state criminal cases; additionally, this case built on Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816), clarifying the Court's power to declare state laws unconstitutional |
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