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Important Court Cases

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






2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






4. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






5. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






6. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






25. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






39. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






50. Gave states more power to regulate abortion