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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. You can burn the flag






27. 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






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






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






30. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






31. Separate is not equal






32. Separate but equal for races






33. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






35. Established judicial review






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






46. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






50. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited