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Down: 1) 1976- Candidates may spend as much of their own money as they want on their campaigns2) 1971- Courtcase following up on Brown v. Board. SC rules that quotas, and busing may be used to advance integration.4) 1963- districts were made with uneven sizes to dilute some people's votes. This is rules unconstitutional.6) 1988- man is fined and sent to jail for flag burning. SC rules that the govt may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable. 9) 1964- Hotel refuses to accept black customers. SC rules that Commerce Clause allows congress to regulate local incidents of commerce.10) 1857- A slave who had be taked to a free state but brought back to a slave state sued for his freedom. SC ruled that only white people could be citizens of the US.12) 1971 Nixon Admin tries to stop newspapers materials converning Vietman. SC rules that the president may not used "security" to restrict freedom of speech.13) SC may consider cases about legislative apportionment.15) 2003- Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act. They are sued on the basis that is violated the free speech clause the first amendment. SC rules that it is likely the violate the 1st amendment and that Congress must meet its burden to show the COPA requirements were more effective that other methods of preventing minors.16) 1969- Schoolchildren decide to protest the Vietnam war using black armbands. Principal declares armbands illegal in school. SC rules that freedom of speech includes symbolic speech. 17) 1971- PA and RI staute provide funds for secular subjects to non-public schools. SC established the lemon test for state funding to private schools.20) 1833- Conflict in which a man was deprived of his business by the state governement and was not justly compensated. The SC ruled that the bill of rights only applied to the federal government.22) 1803 court case that established judicial review29) 1973- man conducts a mass mailing campaign to advertise the sale of adult material and convicted under California statute. Court rules that obscene material is not protected under 1st amendment.31) 1983- man stayed in the US past his visa deadline, and house of reps voted to deport him. SC rules that law allowing houses of congress to invalidate deportation rulings in unconstitutional.32) 2000- In a close presidential race, a recount is requested in Florida. The supreme court rules that no constitutional recount can be fashioned in the time remaining. Across: 1) 1952-Black children not allowed to go while school. SC rules that racial segregation has a detrimental effect on minority children. Separate but equal is not constitutional3) 1963- Man in arrested but is unable to afford a lawyer and is then convicted. SC rules that state must provide court-appointed lawyer. 5) 1985- teen girl is accused of smoking in the bathroom,so the principal searches her and finds marijuana and other drugs. SC rules that the search is legal only if the is a probably cause.7) 1819 case over the conflict of whether a national bank had to pay a state tax. The ruling was that states may not interfere with constitutional laws passed by congress.8) 1969- Leader of the KKK makes speech and is arrested under state law. SC rules that the state law violated his right to free speech and that his speech would only be incrimination if it would incite imminent lawless action. 11) 1998- president's line item veto power is challenged. SC rules Line Item Veto unconstitutional at the federal level14) 1978- While man rejected from college because of spaced reserved for qualified minorities. SC rules that race can be used as a factor in college admissions if it contributes to racial diversity18) 1994- School officials were concerned that drug use increases the risk of sports related injury. A student is denied participation in his school's football program when he refuses to consent to drug testing. SC rules that school students who are under state supervision during school hours are subject to greater control than over free adults. 19) 1824 court case concerning a steamboat conflict in which the supreme court established a broad interpretation of the commerce clause.21) 1962- Man arrested and not told of his right to contact his lawyer. Ends up confessing his crimes. SC rules that suspects must be told of their right to counsel.23) 1974- President refuses to release tapes related to a scandal. SC rules due process more important than executive authority.24) 2002- Police enter a man's house and find him engaging in a sexual act with another man. They are arrested and accused of violating a state sodomy law. The court rules that the state statute making it illegal for two people of the same gender to have sec violates the due process clause. 25) 1992- SC rules that race-based redistricting in unconstitutional. Objective factor must be considered when redistricting into off shapes.26) 1949- a state SC upholds convictions in which illegaly obtained evidence was used. SC rules that illegally obtained evidence can be used in court.27) 1982- University that denies blacks in interracial relationships is denied a tax-exemption. SC rules that integration is more important that religious aims.28) 1966- Class action suit stating that suspects of often not told their rights and unjustly isolated a forced to speak against themselves. SC declares that statements from police interrogations may not be used unless suspects have been told their rights.30) 1925- man arrested for distribution of socialist documents. SC rules that a state may forbid speech or publication if it would lead to clear and eminent danger.33) 1965- man advises couple on birth control and is thus arrested. SC riles that bill of rights includes right to privacy in marital relations.34) 1961- Police finds obscene material in the home of a woman during an illegal search. SC rules that objects found in illegal searched and seizures could not be used in state courts. 35) 1919- Man mailed circulars to discourage draftees from cooporating with the govt. SU that freedom of speech was not protected to the same degree during war times. 36) 1962- SC rules that prayer in public schools in unconstitutional37) 1896- Man challenged the equality of segregated railroad cars. SU ruled that the seperate but equal doctrine was constitutional.38) 1954- Racial integration taking a long time. SC rules that schools should integrate with all deliberate speed39) 1994- teen charges into state slaw of firearm possession. Federal agents also charge the teen of violation a federal criminal statute. SC rules that the possession of a gun in a local school zone is not an economic activity that can be regulated by the commerce clause
 

 

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