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Important Court Cases

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






2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






6. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






12. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






13. Right to privacy






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






15. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






16. Separate but equal for races






17. Established exclusionary rule






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






19. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






24. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






26. Intentional infliction of emotional distress was permissible First Amendment speech as long as it was about a public official - and no one would actually think it was fact






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Separate is not equal






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






41. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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