New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
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)
Brown v. Board of Education clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Baker v. Carr facts
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McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Marbury V. Madison 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)
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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?
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
New York Times v. US questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
New York Times v. US ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
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?
Schenck v. US facts
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Shaw v. Reno impact
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Baker v. Carr ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Marbury V. Madison impact
Brown v. Board of Education question
Shaw v. Reno facts
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Roe v. Wade clause
Brown v. Board of Education factsBrown was a student at a Topeka school. She had to travel much farther to the nearest black school than she would to the white one. With support from the NAACP Brown sued (1954