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Important Court Cases

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1. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






4. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






7. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






10. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






16. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






18. 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






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






20. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






24. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






25. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity






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






34. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






38. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






40. Established judicial review






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






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






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






44. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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