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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






19. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






21. 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






22. Established exclusionary rule






23. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. You can burn the flag






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






33. 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






34. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






37. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






39. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






40. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






45. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






49. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






50. Established judicial review







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