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






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






4. Right to privacy






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






6. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






7. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






8. 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






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






10. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






21. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






33. Separate but equal for races






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






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






36. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






38. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






40. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






44. Established judicial review






45. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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