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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Right to privacy






4. 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






5. Established exclusionary rule






6. Established judicial review






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






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






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






10. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






18. Separate but equal for races






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






20. Separate is not equal






21. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






24. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






26. You can burn the flag






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






28. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






31. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






36. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






49. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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