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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Demonstrations near schools that disrupted classes could be legally banned






2. Separate but equal for races






3. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






4. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






12. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






23. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






24. You can burn the flag






25. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Established exclusionary rule






36. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






49. Separate is not equal






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