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Involvement Case Name Quick Reference A person can only be arrested if violent action against the US government is imminent (talking is not the same as doing) Modified Smith Act Private religious classes (off campus lunch bible study) Upheld due to the religious activity being totally voluntary and off campus Upheld ban on the practice of polygamy on the basis that the government can punish violations of social duties or actions that are deemed subversive of good order Mormon polygamy case Prosecution can't force the accused to prove the charge against him out of his own mouth 0 Obscene if 1) Average person in the community applying contemporary community standards finds that the work appeals to the prurient interest, 2) patently offensive, 3) lacks seriou Three part test (obscene speech) Court holds that 4th Amendment does apply to schools but that principals can search possessions if reasonable belief that school rules have been violated Defendant cutting cocaine seen through the window Involved a wharf owner damaged by City of Baltimore's disposal of sand and gravel that destroyed use of the wharf Claim of denial of due process by failure to compensate private owner for damages, City of Baltimore won because the Bill of Rights does not apply to local governments School desegregation case 0 Court upheld the segregation of railroad cars in Louisiana 'Separate but Equal' Barring of a nativity-scene-only seasonal display 0 Christmas tree, Menorah, and sign declaring dedication to freedom upheld as a seasonal display 0 Fruits of an illegal search cannot be used against defendants, based on the 4th Amendment Police raid defendant's home in search of gambling materials but find obscene books Use of public facilities for religious purposes (specifically, bible study in public schools) Ruled against due to non-separation of church and state Privacy right extended to the right of marital privacy in regard to use of contraceptives and birth control information 0 Courts struck down school assignment plans that used race to determine school placement 0 Upheld conviction of officer of Socialist party who had been found guilty of obstructing war effort by sending out leaflets urging resistance to the draft Clear and present danger test Nativity scene with non-religious symbols (sleigh and candy) as a seasonal display is upheld 0 Burning draft cards held to be a violation of federal law- not all conduct is held to be protected speech Can't burn draft cards Government has reasonable interest in requiring uniformity of appearance Police hair codes Speech that incites 'imminent lawless action' and speech that is likely to result in such lawless action Two part test (speech against the government) Outlawed the use of voluntary prayer 'It is no part of the business of government to compose official prayer for any group of the people to recite as a part of a religious program carried on by government.' US mails can exclude obscene, lewd material 0 Outlaws abortion restrictions based on the right to privacy Disliked by strict constructionists

Involvement Case Name Quick Reference Flag burning is protected speech 0 Limited 1st Amendment protection towards advertising Abortion advertising allowed Right of Association, a private association can discriminate against certain groups or peoples Boy Scouts could discriminate against homosexuals Right to 'privacy in one's association' to protect the use of a membership list by the state, who seized said list due to suspected illegal activity 0 Public system of busing was created by the state of NJ for all schools, including religious ones The state was sued on the grounds that the busing system was aiding and favoring religious schools Struck down a law requiring a person to obtain a permit before soliciting for a religous cause All sorts of weird religious**** like animal sacrifices and ministers in public offices or whatever Burden of proof of unlawful discrimination is shifted to the plaintiff claiming discrimination 0 This group of cases gave the 14th Amendment, private persons offering accommodations to the public had an obligation to offer to all (including blacks) 0 Operation of segregated schools was now impermissible and illegal A 'hurry up' after the 'desegregation of schools' case Plain view exception (can arrest without warrant for obvious, visible infractions) 0 Court-mandated busing was created to deal with de facto segregation (desegregation in non-walk-in schools) 0 This group of cases deals with affirmative action in colleges, the undergraduate point system is overturned because it is seen as a quota and a violation of strict scrutiny/equal p 0 It is illegal to advocate the violent overthrow of the US Government Upheld Smith Act Jehovah's Witnesses can't be required to salute the flag Jehovah's Witnesses Students could wear arm bands to school to protest the Vietnam war 0 This group of cases said that the 14th Amendment applied only to public officials, not to private persons or businesses A step back from the group of cases ten years prior Advertising restrictions generally must not be arbitrary Restrictions on liquor price ads overturned Example of the extension/incorporation doctrine applies to the states through the 14th Amendment Freedom of the Press and Speech Court explicitly refuses to mandate busing across school lines in a metropolitan area to deal with de facto segregation 0 Media, like other citizens, must respond to relevant questions put to them in the course of a valid grand jury investigation or trial No confidentiality of news sources Overturned a local order forbidding the publication of a newspaper that charged public corruption and attacked 'Jewish gangsters' Government can't place prior restraints on the speech of individuals or the media Struck down reimbursements by the state of Pennsylvania to private schools to cover salaries and textbooks- as a direct benefit to churches sponsoring parochial schools The Lemon test

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