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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Separate is not equal






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






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






14. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






18. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






20. 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






21. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






23. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






26. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






28. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






30. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






35. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






48. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






49. Established exclusionary rule






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