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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






6. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






9. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






11. 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






12. Separate is not equal






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






14. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






20. You can burn the flag






21. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






27. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






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






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






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






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






33. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






41. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






43. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






46. Right to privacy






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






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






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






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







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