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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate but equal for races






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






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






4. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






16. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






18. Right to privacy






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






20. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Separate is not equal






29. 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






30. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






31. You can burn the flag






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






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






34. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






35. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Established judicial review






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






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






43. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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







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