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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






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






7. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






8. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






18. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Separate but equal for races






26. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






30. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






31. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






33. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






46. Established exclusionary rule






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






48. 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






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






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