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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






5. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






7. Separate but equal for races






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






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. 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






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






12. Right to privacy






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






14. 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






15. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






33. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






34. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






36. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






37. Established judicial review






38. 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






39. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






43. Confessions given immediately before rights are given means the confession is still admissible






44. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






48. You can burn the flag






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






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