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Important Court Cases

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1. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible






2. You can burn the flag






3. Legitimate use of eminent domain - town wanting to buy private land and turn it over to private developers






4. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women






5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






6. Mandated 21-year-old drinking age (if you don't feds will take away all federal highway funds






7. Giving money to political campaign = free speech - so wealthy people can now spend as much of their own money as they want if they choose to run for federal office






8. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.






9. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'






10. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech






11. Right to privacy






12. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy






13. Banned presidential use of a line=item veto as a violation of legislative powers.






14. Ordered house districts to be near as equal as possible - enshrined principal of 'one man - one vote.'






15. Threw out undergraduate system of selection - generally upheld Bakke






16. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)






17. Libel and obscenity not protected by first amendment - so three-part obscenity test established






18. Helped states to engage in eminent domain - said that fifth amendment right to take private property for public use is legal for states without eminent domain






19. Established national abortion guidelines by extending inferred right of privacy from Griswold






20. Federal courts = final authority on creation of house districts






21. Fed can limit speech that doesn't lead to action (upholding Smith Act - which made it a crime to support any communist organization)






22. Students don't 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door -' Iowa students suspended for wearing armbands to protest Vietnam war






23. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned






24. No such thing as executive privilege in criminal cases - but definitely at other times






25. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce






26. Overturned Olmstead - warrants were required to listen in on phone conversation






27. Protesters have substantially fewer assembly rights in malls and other private establishments






28. Separate but equal for races






29. Prohibited states from banning teaching of evolution in public schools






30. States did not have power to tax the national bank - reinforces supremacy clause






31. Court rebuffed an attempt by state of New Hampshire to take control of Dartmouth by holding that Dartmouth's corporate charter was qualified as a contract between private parties






32. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






33. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






34. Citizens of Japanese descent could be interned and deprived of basic constitutional rights due to executive order






35. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






36. All defendants must be informed of legal rights before they are arrested






37. States not allowed to prevent or punish inflammatory speech unless it will lead to imminent lawless action






38. Separate is not equal






39. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons






40. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity






41. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes






42. Intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment speech as long as it was about a public official - and no one would actually think it was fact






43. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






44. Established judicial review






45. State govs must provide counsel in cases involving the death penalty to those who can't afford it






46. Cities could legitimately require parade permits in the interest of pubic order (Jehovah's Witnesses march w/out permit)






47. African Americans denied right to vote in primaries = violate fifteenth amendment






48. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause






49. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






50. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing