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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Established judicial review






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






16. Right to privacy






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






18. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






20. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






32. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Established exclusionary rule






42. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






45. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






47. 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






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






49. Separate is not equal






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