students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Roe v. Wade factsRoe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life, Roe sued "on behalf of all women" (1973)
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Roe v. Wade question
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Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)
Brown v. Board of Education impact
Shaw v. Reno clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes 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 clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
McDonald v. Chicago question
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Roe v. Wade impact
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Baker v. Carr clause
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
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Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
established judicial review
New York Times v. US impact
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)
Citizens United v. FEC factsBCRA 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)
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McDonald v. Chicago clause
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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 impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Roe v. Wade question
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Marbury v. Madison ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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For religious reasons Amish families refused to send their children to high school citing a religious exemption, violating a Wisconsin law and were fined. They sued the state for violating their freedom of religion (1972)
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?