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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Established judicial review






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






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






14. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






15. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






19. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






21. 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






22. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






24. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Established exclusionary rule






35. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






37. Right to privacy






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






39. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






40. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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