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Jesse Schuschu

1. Illegal Search and Seizures Cases: []


 * //Weeks v. United States (1914)//
 * Mapp v. Ohio- police did not produce a warrant before searching a house
 * //New York v. Quarles-// obtained information ("where's the gun?" "the gun is over there!")before reading rights
 * //New Jersey v. T.L.O.-// do not need warrant to search students in school
 * //Florida v. Riley-// helicopter surveilance is not an illegal search
 * //Florida v. Jimeno//- allowed to search without a warrant if the person consents, and any evidence found can be used against them
 * //Florida v. Bostick//
 * Minnesota v. Dickerson- can use evidence found when searching for weapons, but not if the officer had "engaged in squeezing, sliding and otherwise manipulating the contents of the pocket".

2. Prior Restraint- government actions preventing communications from reaching the public.

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 * //New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)-// Allowed the publishing of the Pentagon Papers

3. Freedom of Expression in recent Supreme Court Rulings (last 25 yrs)

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 * //FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas (1990)-// the Supreme Court created rules for a city's ability to create licensing, inspection, and zoning requirements for sexually oriented businesses.
 * //Cuffley v. Mickes-// Even the Ku Klux Klan has freedom of speech; if it does not apply to a group the majority doesn't like, it is meaningless
 * //Free Speech Coalition v. Reno//- Prevented the censorship of material, even pornography, based on religious or political fears

4. The types of cases the Warren Court ruled upon:
 * Expanded Civil Rights and liberties
 * Increased Federal and Judicial power- a high point in history of Supreme Court power
 * Made the Bill of Rights applicable to states
 * Ended racial segregation
 * Put an end to prayer in public schools
 * Ruled that the Constitution ensured a general right to privacy

5. Purpose of Miranda Rights:
 * To protect a person's 5th amendment right against self-incrimination
 * Any information obtained before reading rights in generally inadmissible