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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






10. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






11. 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






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






13. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






19. Right to privacy






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






21. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






26. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






28. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






37. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






40. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






42. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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