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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Established judicial review






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






36. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






37. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






41. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






42. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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