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...In view of our decision that the Constituition prohibits the states from maintaining racially segregated public schools, it would be unthinkable that teh same Constitution would impose a lesser duty on the Federal Govt. We hold that racial segregation in the public schools of D.C. is denial of Due Process law guaranteed by 5th Ammendment
The opinions expressed in this decision are closest to those of |
Brown v. The Board of Education
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Which statement about liberty is the Supreme Court Justice who wrote this decision likely to agree with
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Segregation denies black people their liberty
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The case that formed the exclusionary rule was
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Mapp v. Ohio
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The "Miranda warning" represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against
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unfair police interrogation
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Griswold v. Connecticut & Roe v. Wade are similar in that both cases are based on the
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right of privacy
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The wall of separation doctribe refers to the
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Division of church & state
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In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that
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police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questining suspects after arrest
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in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld a womans right to secure an abortion was based on the right to
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privacy implied in the bill of rights
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The clear-and-present danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could
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limit free speech
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The 'free exercise' clause precludes all of the following except
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A requirement of a religious oath as a condition of public service
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The Ammendment which is increasingly used to nationalize the Bill of Rights is the
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fourteenth
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Gitlow v. NY was a revolutionary decision because
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it protected freedom to bear arms from abridgement by state and local governments
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The Sedition Act of 1798 made it a criminal offense to
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speak critically about congress or the president
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the principle behind provisions of federal aid to some parochial school activities is
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whether aid has a secular purpose and does not confer any message of state endorsement of religion
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the 'clear and present danger' doctrine has been related to all of the following except
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insults directed at candidates for public office
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Prior restraint of films to prevent showing obscenity is
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not necessarily unconstitutional
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'Libel'
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is written defamation
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A legislative act that punishes individuals without a trial is a(n)
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Bill of attainder
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To be subject to sanctions, 'fighting words' must
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cause acts of violence
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In the Bakke case the Supreme Court held that a university medical school, in admitting students may
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take race into account
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Under the quid pro quo rule pertaining to sexual harassment
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the employer is "strictly liable" even if he/she did not know that sexual harassment was occurring
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Which of the following gender discriminations has been permitted by the Supreme Court
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a property tax exemption for widows that is not given to widowers
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Brown called for the desegregation of public schools
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"with all deliberate speed"
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In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segreation in public schools was "inherently unequal" on the basis of
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the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (whatever its wider implication) directly concerned
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segregaton on railroad cars
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Which of the following statements abotu Brown v. Board of Education is true
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it was teh logical extension of a long line of related cases
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Which of the following was not one of the reasons the blacks for many years failed to gain redress of their grievances
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blacks could not agree among themselves on the proper policies to combat discrimination
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Under the current law, the Supreme Court would allow a city to
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adopt a zoning ordinance restricting where "adult" movie theatres can be located
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The display of an odious symbol such as a swastika or a burning cross has been deemed by the Supreme Court to be
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Protected by the Constitution
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Which of the following would be illegal under currenet Supreme Court doctribes?
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inciting someone to an illegal act
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