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Important Court Cases

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1. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






2. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






19. 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






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






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






22. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Separate but equal for races






31. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






42. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






46. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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







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