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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






20. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






26. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






30. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






36. Separate is not equal






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






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






39. Separate but equal for races






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






45. Right to privacy






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






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






48. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






50. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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