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Important Court Cases

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1. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






13. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






18. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






20. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






21. 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






22. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






26. You can burn the flag






27. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Separate is not equal