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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






6. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






8. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






12. Established exclusionary rule






13. 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






14. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






29. Separate but equal for races






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






31. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






32. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






36. Right to privacy






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






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






39. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






41. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






42. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






48. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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