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Important Court Cases

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1. Separate is not equal






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






3. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






12. Established judicial review






13. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






17. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






19. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






23. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






37. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






38. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






45. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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