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Important Court Cases

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






2. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






6. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






10. Right to privacy






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






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






13. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






28. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. You can burn the flag






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






44. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






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






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






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






50. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses







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