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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






9. Right to privacy






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






11. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






17. Separate but equal for races






18. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






24. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






26. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






27. 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






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






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






30. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






32. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






36. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






49. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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