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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






6. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






20. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






26. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






32. Established judicial review






33. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






39. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






42. Right to privacy






43. 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






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






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






46. Separate but equal for races






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






48. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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