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Important Court Cases

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1. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






2. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






14. Right to privacy






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






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






17. Separate but equal for races






18. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Established exclusionary rule






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






42. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






43. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






46. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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