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Lisenba v. California
The Court upheld the death penalty where the defendant was held for over 24 hours, slapped and deprived of sleep and food, after which a confession was made. -
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
A criminal conviction for causing a breach of the peace through the use of "fighting words" does not violate the Free Speech guarantee of the First Amendment. -
Betts v. Brady
Where a man is tried for robbery, due process of law does not demand that Maryland furnish counsel to an indigent defendant. -
Ex parte Quirin
The Court upheld the jurisdiction of a United States military tribunal over the trial of several German saboteurs in the United States. -
National Broadcasting Co. v. United States
The Federal Communications Commission can issue regulations pertaining to associations between broadcast networks and affiliated stations. -
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
The Free Speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits public schools from forcing students to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance. District Court affirmed. -
Hirabayashi v. United States
The Court held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group was constitutional when the nation was at war with the country from which that group originated. -
Prince v. Massachusetts
The government has broad authority to regulate the actions and treatment of children. Parental authority is not absolute and can be permissibly restricted if doing so is in the interests of a child's welfare. While children share many of the rights of adults, they face different potential harms from similar activities. -
Smith v. Allwright
Primary elections must be open to voters of all races. -
Ex parte Endo
The government cannot detain a citizen that the government itself concedes is loyal to the United States. -
Cramer v. United States
Conviction for treason must meet the definition given in Article III of the constitution. -
Marsh v. Alabama
Constitutional protections of free speech under First and Fourteenth Amendments still applicable within the confines of a town owned by a private entity. -
Colegrove v. Green
The remedy for unfairness in districting is to secure State legislatures that will apportion properly, or to invoke the ample powers of Congress. The Constitution has many commands that are not enforceable by courts, because they clearly fall outside the conditions and purposes that circumscribe judicial action. -
Pinkerton v. United States
When a defendant is joined in a conspiracy, substantive crimes committed to advance that conspiracy can be charged to all defendants as long as they are still part of the conspiracy when those crimes are committed. -
Terminiello v. Chicago
Chicago's "breach of peace" ordinance was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.