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Important Court Cases

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1. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






3. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






4. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






6. Separate but equal for races






7. You can burn the flag






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






9. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






10. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






14. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






17. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases






18. Any defendant who asked for a lawyer had to have one granted to him - or any confession after that point is inadmissible






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






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






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






22. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






23. Established exclusionary rule






24. FCRA mandated that places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination against blacks






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






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






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






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






29. Established judicial review






30. Right to privacy






31. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






32. 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






33. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






34. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






35. Halt to all death penalty punishments in nation until a less arbitrary method of sentencing was found






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






37. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments






38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






39. Selectively incorporates freedom of the press - prevents prior restraint -state injunctions to prevent publication unconstitutional






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






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






42. BSA could expel any homosexual member they wanted because of first amendment right of expressive association






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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