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Important Court Cases

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1. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






14. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






16. Separate but equal for races






17. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






18. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






19. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






20. You can burn the flag






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






22. Right to privacy






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






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






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






26. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






27. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






29. 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






30. Separate is not equal






31. 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






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






33. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






35. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






36. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Forbids state-mandated bible reading