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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






4. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






10. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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. Separate is not equal






28. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






29. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






37. Established judicial review






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






39. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






45. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






47. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






48. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






49. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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







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