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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Established judicial review






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






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






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






19. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






25. You can burn the flag






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






27. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






30. Right to privacy






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Separate is not equal






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






37. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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