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Important Court Cases

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






2. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






5. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






6. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






13. Established exclusionary rule






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






15. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






16. Separate but equal for races






17. Established judicial review






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






19. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. You can burn the flag






27. Right to privacy






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






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






30. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






35. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






47. 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






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






49. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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