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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






11. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Separate but equal for races






32. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






34. You can burn the flag






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






36. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






39. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






41. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






43. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






47. Established judicial review






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






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






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