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Important Court Cases

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1. Established exclusionary rule






2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






3. 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






4. 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






5. Right to privacy






6. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






7. 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






8. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






13. NY could not grant steamship company monopoly - increased federal power over interstate commerce






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






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






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






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






18. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Separate but equal for races






26. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






28. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






29. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






31. You can burn the flag






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






33. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






37. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






43. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






47. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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