Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
US v. Lopez facts
Baker v. Carr clause
Schenck v. US ruling
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
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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)
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)
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Engel v. Vitale impact
Baker v. Carr ruling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Schenck v. US clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Shaw v. Reno question
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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?
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
