Citizens United v. FEC question
Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?
Roe v. Wade facts
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
US v. Lopez question
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Roe v. Wade impact
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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)
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Shaw v. Reno impact
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)
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)
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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?
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
6:3 for NYTimes, except in the case of a Clear and Present danger the US government does not have the power of prior restraint over the press
McDonald v. Chicago facts
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)
New York Times v. US question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Does the federal government have implied powers?
