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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






6. Separate is not equal






7. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Separate but equal for races






20. 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






21. Right to privacy






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






23. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






39. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






40. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






41. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






44. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






46. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






47. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






50. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional