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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Established exclusionary rule






4. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






9. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






10. Separate but equal for races






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






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






13. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






23. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






24. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






26. 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






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






28. Separate is not equal






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






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






31. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






32. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






34. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






37. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






43. All state governments must provide an attorney in all cases for those who can't afford one - powerful repudiation of Betts v Brady






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






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






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






47. You can burn the flag






48. 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






49. 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






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