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Important Court Cases

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1. Right to privacy






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






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. School district can suspend students for lewd or indecent speech






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






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






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






8. Established judicial review






9. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






11. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






16. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






17. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






29. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






32. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






42. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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