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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Executive efforts to prevent publication forbidden (Ellsburg & Vietnam)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






16. You can burn the flag






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






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






19. Separate but equal for races






20. Separate is not equal






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






28. Established exclusionary rule






29. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






30. Established judicial review






31. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






32. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






35. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






42. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






43. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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