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Important Court Cases

Subject : law
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1. 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






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






3. Established judicial review






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






5. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






6. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






7. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






13. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






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






19. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






20. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






24. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






25. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






34. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






37. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






47. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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







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