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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. 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






4. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






6. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






11. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






12. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






24. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






28. Separate is not equal






29. Right to privacy






30. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Established judicial review






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






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






46. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






47. You can burn the flag






48. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






50. 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