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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate but equal for races






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Separate is not equal






7. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






8. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






13. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






14. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






28. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






29. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






31. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






34. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






39. You can burn the flag






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






46. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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







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