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Important Court Cases

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






2. Separate but equal for races






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






4. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






5. Established judicial review






6. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






8. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






19. Right to privacy






20. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






21. Established exclusionary rule






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






23. You can burn the flag






24. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






25. 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






26. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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