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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






4. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






11. Separate but equal for races






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






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






14. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






18. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






20. 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






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






22. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






24. Parents may remove children from public school for religious reasons






25. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






27. 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






28. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






33. Separate is not equal






34. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






37. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






39. Established judicial review






40. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Established exclusionary rule






48. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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