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Important Court Cases

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






2. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






4. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






8. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Right to privacy






22. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






34. 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






35. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






37. Separate is not equal






38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






39. 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






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






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






42. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Extended exclusionary rule to the states