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Important Court Cases

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1. You can burn the flag






2. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






3. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






4. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






9. Right to privacy






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






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






12. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






25. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned






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






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






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






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






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






34. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






36. Separate is not equal






37. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






50. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act