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Important Court Cases

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






2. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






3. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






4. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






12. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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. First time court overturned state law on constitutional grounds.






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






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






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






18. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






22. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Established judicial review






32. You can burn the flag






33. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






34. Separate but equal for races






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






36. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






38. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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







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