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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Right to privacy






2. You can burn the flag






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






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






5. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






6. Separate but equal for races






7. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






13. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






18. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






40. 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






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






42. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






43. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






47. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






48. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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