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  1. 4. Told the state that they needed other districts where minorities were in the majority to comply with the VRA
  2. 9. According to the constitution, the federal government shares powers with the states, however, this case argued that congress passed a law that was not within its power of regulating interstate commerce
  3. 11. found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.
  4. 12. both members of the old order Amish religion, and Adin Yutzy, a member of the conservative Amish Mennonite church, were prosecuted under a Wisconsin law that required all children to attend public schools until age 16.
  5. 13. concerning the relationship between campaign finance and free speech.
  6. 14. was told not to deliver the letters due to the appointees being from the opposite party.
  7. 15. Students thought to protest opposing the Vietnam war.
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  1. 1. racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional
  2. 2. a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right of Freedom of the Press.
  3. 3. A school board organized prayer for students at the beginning of each day
  4. 5. the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
  5. 6. ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own
  6. 7. Before this case, districts were mainly organized by geography rather than population
  7. 8. concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
  8. 10. The impact that this case had on the United States was great because it shows people like Alexander Hamilton that the Constitution is not to be perceived but to read how it is written. It also shows the limit that the government truly has on the people, proving that it is not overpowering but fully in effect.