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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. 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






5. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Established judicial review






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






16. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






17. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






18. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






22. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






25. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






26. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






27. Established exclusionary rule






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






29. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






33. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






37. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






49. 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






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







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