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It states that, God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The 3rd amendment prohibited unlawful forced housing of soldiers in private homes.
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Gives people the freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition. -
The 4th amendment outlawed unreasonable search and arrest. -
The 2nd amendment gave people the right to bear arms. -
The 5th amendment gives you the right to remain silent when being charged with a crime.
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The 7th amendment gives rights to jury trial in civil cases
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The 6th amendment establishes the right to fair and speedy trial.
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Limited bails, fines, and punishments. -
Said states or people keep rights not granted to government by Constitution. -
Said government could not violate rights not mentioned in the Constitution. -
U.S. courts cannot hear cases and make decisions against a state if it is sued by a citizen who lives in another state or a person who lives in another country. -
Supreme Court had the power to overturn an act of Congress for the first time.
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Establishes the procedure to elect the President and Vice President. -
The power to tax is the power to destroy. States did have power to tax the Federal Government.
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The principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with power of Congress to regulate commerce.
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Says that Dred Scott was not a free slave therefore not a citizen and he could not sue.
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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Outlaws slavery in U.S. -
Citizens have the right to vote regardless of race.
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Defines U.S. citizenship and citizens'' rights.
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Ruled segregation As legal so long as facilities were equal, except they was not equal.
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Congress has the right to collect income tax.
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U.S. Senators are elected by popular vote.
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Outlaws the manufacture and sale of alcohol
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Give women the right to vote.
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Repeals the 18th Amendment.
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Sets the terms of the president, vice president, and Congress.
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Upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act; Commerce Clause, allows Congress to regulate employment conditions.
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Upheld involuntary interment of ethically Japanese American citizens.
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Sets the presidential term limit.
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Ruled segregation is illegal.
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People who live in Washington D.C. have the right to vote.
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People cannot be charged a tax in order to vote. -
Expanded rights of people accused of crimes.
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Struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage.
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The vice president becomes president is the president cannot serve. -
Ruled that schools couldn't prevent students from protesting the Vietnam War.
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18 year olds have the right to vote.
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Gave people the right to have an abortion.
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Sets parameters for congressional pay raises.
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Ruled the 2nd Amendment protects people right to bear arms for self- defense.
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Ruled states must grant and recognize same sex- marriage.
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The state of New York requires a person to show a special need for self-protection to receive an unrestricted license to carry a concealed firearm outside the home. Robert Nash and Brandon Koch challenged the law after New York rejected their concealed-carry applications based on failure to show “proper cause.” A district court dismissed their claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed.
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The Trump administration repealed the 2015 Clean Power Plan, which established guidelines for states to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, and issued in its place the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which eliminated or deferred the guidelines.
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The State of Maine relies on local school administrative units (SAUs) to ensure that every school-age child in the state has access to a free education. Not every SAU operates its own public secondary school.
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Erik Egbert, a Customs and Border Patrol Agent, went to the Smugglers Inn, which sits at the U.S.-Canada border, and approached a car carrying a guest from Turkey. The inn’s owner, Robert Boule, asked Egbert to leave, and when Egbert refused to do so, Egbert pushed Boule to the ground. After Boule complained to Egbert’s supervisors, Egbert suggested to the IRS that it investigate Boule.
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Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta, a non-Native, was convicted in Oklahoma state court of child neglect, and he was sentenced to 35 years. The victim, his stepdaughter, is Native American, and the crime was committed within the Cherokee Reservation.
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Terence Tekoh worked as a patient transporter in a hospital in Los Angeles. After a patient accused him of sexual assault, hospital staff reported the allegation to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Carlos Vega went to the hospital to ask Tekoh some questions and to take Tekoh’s statement. It is undisputed that Vega did not advise Tekoh of his Miranda rights prior to questioning him or taking his statement.
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Banned abortions passed 15 weeks.
