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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






5. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






8. Separate is not equal






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






10. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






24. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






25. Right to privacy






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






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






28. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






45. 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






46. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






48. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






49. Separate but equal for races






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