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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






7. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






10. 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






11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






16. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






17. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. You can burn the flag






25. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






30. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






35. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






37. 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






38. Established judicial review






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






40. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






43. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses