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Important Court Cases

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1. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






2. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






16. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Established exclusionary rule






29. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






31. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






32. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






38. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Established judicial review