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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






7. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






8. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






11. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






12. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






16. Separate is not equal






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






18. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Established exclusionary rule






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






25. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






32. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






37. You can burn the flag






38. Right to privacy






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






40. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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. Established judicial review






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






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






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







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