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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






14. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






15. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






36. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






39. Established judicial review






40. Established exclusionary rule






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Separate but equal for races






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






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






48. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






49. 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






50. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited