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Important Court Cases

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






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






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






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






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






6. You can burn the flag






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






8. Right to privacy






9. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






13. Established exclusionary rule






14. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






22. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






23. Separate but equal for races






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






25. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






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






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






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






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






31. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






32. Established judicial review






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






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






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






36. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






38. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






45. 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






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






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






48. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






49. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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