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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Separate is not equal






2. Separate but equal for races






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






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






5. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






6. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






11. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






27. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






28. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






32. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Established judicial review






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






42. You can burn the flag






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. Overruled Powell - state govs do not have to provide lawyers to indigent defendants in capital cases






45. 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






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






47. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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







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