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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






9. Established judicial review






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






11. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






13. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






14. Separate is not equal






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






16. You can burn the flag






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






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






19. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






20. 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






21. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






39. 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






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






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






42. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






45. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






46. Established exclusionary rule






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






48. Right to privacy






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






50. Separate but equal for races