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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. 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






4. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






10. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






11. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






12. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






14. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






18. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






19. Separate is not equal






20. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






22. Established judicial review






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






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






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






26. You can burn the flag






27. 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






28. Separate but equal for races






29. Right to privacy






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






32. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






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







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