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Important Court Cases

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1. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






5. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






8. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






19. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






21. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






26. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






28. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






29. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






35. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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