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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Separate but equal for races






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






9. Right to privacy






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






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






12. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






15. 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






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






17. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






23. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






25. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






26. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






29. You can burn the flag






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Established exclusionary rule






45. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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