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Did the decision in Brown v. Board of Education involve the Equal Protection Clause

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)

Yes. The Supreme Court decision was based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court indicated that the decision could also be supported by the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, but declined to elaborate because the Equal Protection Clause was sufficient to render segregation in the public schools unconstitutional.

Substantive due process is best associated with dealing with

Substantive due process is best associated with dealing with fundamental rights

How did Sylvia Mendez help expand civil rights

as a child, she testified in a court case that helped end school segregation

What can landmark cases produce that help courts decide how to interpret certain laws

Standards and tests for APEX

Which of these actions may be prohibited by a court despite the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press

Publishing information that may be damaging to national security

Which situation would be considered an example of the freedom of association
a group forms on a college campus to support a particular political candidate
followers of a little-known religion from a group and hold weekly meetings
What is the difference between total and selective incorporation

How much of the Bill of Rights applies to the states. -Apex :)

Which Bill of Rights protection has not been incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment so that it applies to the states

protection against excessive bail was the right answer to mine

Which civil liberty listed in the Fifth Amendment was at issue in Miranda v. Arizona

protection against self-incrimination

Which instance of political expression would be considered symbolic speech

A student wearing all black to call attention to a political issue. (APEX Class ;)

Which instance of political expression would be considered speech plus

a demonstrator chanting anticorporate slogans outside a company's headquarters

What did the Supreme Court establish with its ruling that public schools in Washington D.C. could not be segregated

the idea that the equal protection clause applied to the federal government as well as to the states

What does this timeline suggest about the feminist movement

the movement's goal of political equality has not been fully achieved

the movement pursued social, legal, and political equality.

legislation that addressed the goals of the movement did not always result in real equality

Which action is a form of grassroots activism that supported or opposed same-sex marriage

court clerks refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

raising money by staging a reading of the play 8, which supports same-sex marriage.

The right to due process means that the government

Has to follow the law in its treatment of citizens. -Apex

What do the events in this timeline suggest about the Supreme Court's establishment of tests in civil liberties cases

Tests can be replaced as the court redefines limits on civil liberties

In Katz v. US the Supreme Court ruled that tapping a public phone without a warrant violated the

implied right to privacy. APEX

What do these headlines say about how the Supreme Court has addressed the principle of equality on which the US was founded

They show that the court has enforced equal rights for a variety of groups that have been discriminated agains.

The Reconstruction Amendments were passed to

Abolish slavery and protect the rights of former slaves

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