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Important Court Cases

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1. 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






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






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






4. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






10. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






14. Established judicial review






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






16. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






19. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






20. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






21. Race-based affirmative action was permissible so long as it was in the service of creating greater diversity






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






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






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






25. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. You can burn the flag






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






33. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






34. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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