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Important Court Cases

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






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






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






13. Established exclusionary rule






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






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






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






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






18. Separate is not equal






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






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






21. Peaceable assembly for lawful discussion cannot be made a crime - selectively incorporated right to lawful assembly to all state governments






22. Established judicial review






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






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






25. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






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






27. You can burn the flag






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






29. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






32. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






33. 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






34. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






35. Separate but equal for races






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






37. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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