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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






6. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






13. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






17. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Established exclusionary rule






24. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






28. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






29. Established judicial review






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






40. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






45. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






48. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






49. Right to privacy






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






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