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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Separate is not equal






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Established exclusionary rule






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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






16. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






33. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






43. 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






44. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






46. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






48. Established judicial review






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






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