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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. You can burn the flag






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






5. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






8. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






12. Right to privacy






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Established exclusionary rule






25. Established judicial review






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






27. 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






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






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






30. State prohibition of consensual sodomy in private is unreasonable invasion of privacy






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






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






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






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






35. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






37. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






38. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






45. 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






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






47. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






49. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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