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Important Court Cases

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






2. Established exclusionary rule






3. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






14. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






16. You can burn the flag






17. Right to privacy






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






19. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






27. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






28. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






29. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






31. Separate but equal for races






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






49. Separate is not equal






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







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