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Important Court Cases

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






2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






16. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






17. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






19. Separate is not equal






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






21. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






23. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






27. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






32. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






34. Separate but equal for races






35. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






37. Established judicial review






38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






41. Right to privacy






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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