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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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. Clear and present danger (yelling fire) - Holmes






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






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






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. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional






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






15. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






17. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






19. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






20. You can burn the flag






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






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






23. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






29. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






33. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






38. Separate but equal for races






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






40. Established judicial review






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






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






43. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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