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Important Court Cases

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






2. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






6. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






23. Established exclusionary rule






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






25. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






37. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






40. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






41. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






43. Separate but equal for races






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






45. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






46. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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







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