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Important Court Cases

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1. 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






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






3. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






5. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Right to privacy






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






15. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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






20. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






21. Separate is not equal






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






33. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Established exclusionary rule






50. Established judicial review