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Important Court Cases

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






2. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






12. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






14. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






17. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






34. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






40. You can burn the flag






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






42. 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






43. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






46. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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