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Important Court Cases

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






2. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Separate is not equal






16. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






17. Established judicial review






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






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






20. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






26. Separate but equal for races






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






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






29. Right to privacy






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






39. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






44. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






46. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






49. 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






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