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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






32. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






41. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






43. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






50. Right to privacy