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Important Court Cases

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






2. Right to privacy






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






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






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






6. Established exclusionary rule






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






8. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






10. Established judicial review






11. Secular rather than religious purpose? neither promote nor discourage religion? avoid 'excessive entanglement?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. You can burn the flag






19. 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






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






21. States can regulate abortion but not with regulations that impose an 'undue burden' on women






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






32. Separate is not equal






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






34. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






37. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






39. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






40. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






44. Separate but equal for races






45. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






47. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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