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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






22. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






24. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






30. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Established judicial review






38. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






40. 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






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






42. Separate is not equal






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






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






45. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






48. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






49. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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