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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






10. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






21. Established exclusionary rule






22. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






27. Separate is not equal






28. Right to privacy






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






37. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






40. 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






41. Established judicial review






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






43. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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