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Important Court Cases

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






2. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






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






5. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






13. Separate but equal for races






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






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






16. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






18. You can burn the flag






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






20. Right to privacy






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






22. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






24. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Established judicial review






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






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






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






41. 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






42. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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