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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






7. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






10. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






12. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states






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






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






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






17. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






20. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Commerce clause of the constitution does not give congress the power to regulate guns near state operated schools






35. Right to privacy






36. Race cannot be sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative district boundaries (1982 VRA wants them to do that - though)






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






38. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools






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






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






49. Separate but equal for races






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







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