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Important Court Cases

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Right to privacy






8. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






24. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






25. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






27. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






32. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






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






36. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






37. Separate but equal for races






38. 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






39. Established judicial review






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






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






42. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






45. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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