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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






12. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






14. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






16. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






36. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






40. Separate is not equal






41. Established judicial review






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






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






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






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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







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