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Supreme Court Cases-Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment

1st Amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of Speech,or of the press, or the right to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

-1st Amendment

United States Constitution

-Freedom of Religion Cases

McCollum v. Board of Education Dist. 71

Bob Jones University v. U. S. - Abstract

Allegheny v. ACLU

West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

Minersville School District v. Gobitis

Lee v. Weisman

Edwards v. Aguillard

-Freedom of Speech and Press Cases

Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr

United States v. X-Citement Video

Texas v. Johnson

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. Comm. School Dist

Gitlow v. New York

Schenck v. United States

Hustler Magazine v. Falwell

New York Times v. United States

Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson

Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York

Reno v. ACLU

Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser

Branzburg v. Hayes

4th Amendment

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warransts shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized."

Weeks v. United States
Olmstead v. United States

Katz v. United States

Richards v. Wisconsin

Maryland v. Wilson

Wilson v. Arkansas

California v. Greenwood

United States v. Leon

United States v. Ross

Mapp v. Ohio

5th Amendment

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war, or public danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offense, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; no shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

Miranda v. Arizona

Escobedo v. Illinois

6th Amendment

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense."

Gideon v. Wainwright

8th Amendment

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted."

Louisiana v. Resweber

9th Amendment

"The enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Vacco v. Quill

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health

Roe v. Wade

14th Amendment

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens or the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, or deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"

Korematsu v. United States

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Brown v. Board of Education II

Plessy v. Ferguson

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Separation of Powers

United States v. Nixon

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer