Citizens United v. FEC facts
BCRA 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)
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
New York Times 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
religion trumps schooling
Brown v. Board of Education question
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
US v. Lopez question
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Shaw v. Reno facts
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)
Does 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
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
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?
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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)
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Does the federal government have implied powers?
US v. Lopez facts
