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Important Court Cases

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1. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






15. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






17. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






23. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






41. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






42. Established judicial review






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






44. 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






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






46. Established exclusionary rule






47. You can burn the flag






48. Separate is not equal






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






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







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