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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






7. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






9. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






11. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






19. Right to privacy






20. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






29. 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






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






31. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






33. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






34. Separate is not equal






35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






39. Established judicial review






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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