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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






4. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






6. 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






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






8. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






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






10. Forbids execution of defendants who are mentally retarded






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






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






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






14. Federal wiretaps of phone conversation is constitutional






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






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






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






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






19. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






34. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Established exclusionary rule






45. Established judicial review






46. Segregate with al 'due and deliberate speed'






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






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






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






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