US v. Lopez impact
14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Engel v. Vitale question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
US v. Lopez facts
Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
Brown v. Board of Education clause
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Schenck v. US facts
During World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)
McDonald v. Chicago question
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?
Roe v. Wade question
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Shaw v. Reno impact
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Engel v. Vitale facts
Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
