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Important Court Cases

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1. Right to privacy






2. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






4. 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






5. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






10. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






13. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






25. You can burn the flag






26. 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






27. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






28. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






33. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






48. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






49. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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