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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






18. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






19. You can burn the flag






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






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






22. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






23. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






26. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Separate is not equal






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






44. Established exclusionary rule






45. Established judicial review






46. Separate but equal for races






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






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






49. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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