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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






4. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






5. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






17. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






18. Right to privacy






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






20. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






22. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






27. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






30. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Established exclusionary rule






36. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






50. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'