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?
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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?
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)
Roe v. Wade ruling
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Brown v. Board of Education impact
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)
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Gideon 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)
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)
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Schenck v. US ruling
Roe v. Wade facts
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Shaw v. Reno clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
