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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






6. Separate but equal for races






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






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






9. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






20. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






23. Established judicial review






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






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






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






27. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






30. Separate is not equal






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






37. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






40. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






49. 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






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