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Important Court Cases

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






2. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






3. You can burn the flag






4. Established judicial review






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






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






7. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






9. 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






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






11. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






13. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






25. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Separate but equal for races






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






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






48. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






49. Separate is not equal






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