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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Separate is not equal






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






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






23. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






25. Right to privacy






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






32. 'Bad Tendency Doctrine -' speech restricted if it has tendency to lead to illegal actions; selectively incorporated freedom of speech to states






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






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






35. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






39. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






40. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






42. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






44. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






45. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






47. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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







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