Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Shaw v. Reno facts
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
1st amendment freedom of press
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Brown v. Board of Education impact
McDonald v. Chicago facts
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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?
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)
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Schenck v. US ruling
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)
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Citizens United v. FEC facts
BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
New York Times v. US facts
The Nixon administration attempted to prevent several newspapers from publishing materials belonging to a classified Defense Department study, known as the Pentagon Papers, detailing US actions in Vietnam. The president argued that prior restraint was necessary to protect national security. NYTimes sued on 1st amendment grounds (1971)
Shaw v. Reno impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
US v. Lopez question
