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Important Court Cases

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1. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






6. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






10. Right to privacy






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






12. 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






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






14. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Separate but equal for races






36. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






37. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Established judicial review






48. Separate is not equal






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






50. You can burn the flag