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Important Court Cases

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






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






3. Established judicial review






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Extended exclusionary rule to the states






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






10. Invalidated 1989 Flag Protection Act






11. Established exclusionary rule






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






13. 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






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






15. Gave states more power to regulate abortion






16. You can burn the flag






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






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






19. Separate but equal for races






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






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






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






23. Separate is not equal






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






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






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






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






28. Strikes by labor unions are constitutional






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






30. States cannot set term limits on members of congress






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






32. 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






33. Cross burning = 'fighting words' = unconstitutional






34. Forbids state-mandated bible reading






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Made the CRA 1964 apply to virtually all businesses






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






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






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






46. Fighting words - certain offensive types of speech prohibited






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






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






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






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