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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. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






9. Separate is not equal






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






11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






15. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






16. Separate but equal for races






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






18. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






28. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






31. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






33. Right to privacy






34. Established exclusionary rule






35. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






36. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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