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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. You can burn the flag






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






5. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






10. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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






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






23. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






27. Separate is not equal






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






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






30. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






37. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






42. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






43. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






44. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






46. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






48. Established judicial review






49. 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






50. 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