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Important Court Cases

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1. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






2. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






3. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






13. Separate is not equal






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






15. Separate but equal for races






16. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






18. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






33. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






35. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






40. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






42. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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