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Important Court Cases

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






2. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






3. Established judicial review






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






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






6. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






23. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






24. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






27. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






29. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






32. Right to privacy






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






48. Separate but equal for races






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






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