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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






12. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






17. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






18. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






19. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






21. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






24. Right to privacy






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






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






27. You can burn the flag






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






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






30. Separate is not equal






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






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






33. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






38. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






40. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






41. Established exclusionary rule






42. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






46. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






47. 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






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






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






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







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