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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






21. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






22. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






23. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






29. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






30. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






32. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Established exclusionary rule






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






47. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






49. Separate is not equal






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