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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Established exclusionary rule






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






11. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






12. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






13. 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






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






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






16. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






35. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






38. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






45. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






46. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






49. Separate but equal for races






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






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