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Important Court Cases

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1. Established exclusionary rule






2. You can burn the flag






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






4. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






17. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






23. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






29. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






31. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






35. 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






36. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






41. Established judicial review






42. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






43. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






49. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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