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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate is not equal






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






3. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






5. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






14. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






25. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






27. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






31. Right to privacy






32. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Separate but equal for races






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






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






42. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






44. 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






45. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






49. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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