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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Not libel when they thought it was true at the time of printing






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






11. Separate but equal for races






12. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






14. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






15. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






19. Established judicial review






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






21. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






23. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






34. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






35. You can burn the flag






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






37. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






38. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






42. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






48. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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