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Important Court Cases

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1. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






6. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






9. You can burn the flag






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Separate but equal for races






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






20. Right to privacy






21. Separate is not equal






22. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






41. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






42. 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






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






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






45. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






46. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






47. 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






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






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






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