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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






4. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Established judicial review






13. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






14. 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






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






16. Separate is not equal






17. Separate but equal for races






18. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






19. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






20. You can burn the flag






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






22. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






23. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






35. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






37. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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