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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






20. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






23. Florida recount in 2000 election was a violation of fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause






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






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






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






27. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






33. Established judicial review






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






35. Separate but equal for races






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






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






38. Established exclusionary rule






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Gave states more power to regulate abortion