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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible






2. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






5. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






13. 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






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






15. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






17. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






24. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






26. Right to privacy






27. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






29. Established judicial review






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






31. Separate but equal for races






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






33. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






37. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






38. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






50. 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