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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






7. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






20. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






25. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






27. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






32. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






45. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






50. Established exclusionary rule