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Stanford v. Texas  

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  • The Supreme Court decision in Stanford v. Texas, 379 U.S. 476 (1965), is important for tying together First and Fourth Amendment issues. It found that, pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, the Fourth Amendment regulations regarding using “general warrants” for search and seizure also applied to state governments, especially when items of expression, which are protected by the First Amendment, are among items to be searched or seized. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Stanford v. Texas (1965)]

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  • 1965

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Stanford_v._Texas

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