Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
In an attempt to create an additional legislative district with a majority of African-American voters, the state of North Carolina created a district connecting pockets of minority voters by nothing more than the width of the freeway. Shaw, a republican from NC, sued the US Attorney General who had forced the changes on 14th amendment violations (1993)
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
McDonald v. Chicago question
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
Marbury V. Madison impact
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Shaw v. Reno impact
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
US v. Lopez clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education facts
In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)
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?
McDonald v. Chicago clause
US v. Lopez ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
