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Important Court Cases

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1. 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






2. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






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






14. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






18. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






41. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






45. Established judicial review






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






47. 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






48. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






50. Extended exclusionary rule to the states