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?
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Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 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 questionDoes 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 ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Engel v. Vitale factsPublic 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 ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Brown v. Board of Education impact
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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 impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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)
US v. Lopez factsLopez, 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 clause1st amendment freedom of press
Schenck v. US ruling
Roe v. Wade facts
Citizens United v. FEC impactused 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 clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Citizens United v. FEC question
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Brown v. Board of Education question
established judicial review
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Roe, 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)
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Baker v. Carr impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Roe v. Wade question
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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Schenck v. US clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
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 clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale factsPublic 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause