Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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New York Times v. US facts
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Roe v. Wade facts
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
1st Amendment freedom of speech
New York Times v. US ruling
established judicial review
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
McDonald v. Chicago question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Shaw v. Reno question
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)
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
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
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)
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
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Shaw v. Reno ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
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Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Roe v. Wade facts
Baker v. Carr impact
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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)
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
New York Times v. US ruling
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?
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
free speech clause
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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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?
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McDonald v. Chicago clause
religion trumps schooling
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states