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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Separate but equal for races






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






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






16. Established exclusionary rule






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






18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






19. 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






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






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






22. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






23. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. You can burn the flag






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






41. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






44. Separate is not equal






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






50. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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