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Important Court Cases

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1. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






21. 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






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






23. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






29. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Right to privacy






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






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






41. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






42. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






47. You can burn the flag






48. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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