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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. NC makes mandatory punishment for certain crimes - deemed unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






7. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






9. 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






10. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






16. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






22. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






28. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






29. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






32. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






34. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






36. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Separate is not equal






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






45. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






49. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






50. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded