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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women






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






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






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






5. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






6. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






11. Established exclusionary rule






12. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






13. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






17. Separate but equal for races






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






19. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






21. Established judicial review






22. Separate is not equal






23. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






24. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






38. You can burn the flag






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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