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Important Court Cases

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






2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






3. 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






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






5. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






8. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






9. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






34. Established exclusionary rule






35. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Separate is not equal






42. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






43. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






44. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






46. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






50. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded