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Important Court Cases

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






2. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






4. Established exclusionary rule






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






6. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Right to privacy






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






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






31. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






38. You can burn the flag






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






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






42. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






48. Separate is not equal






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






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






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