McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Baker v. Carr question
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Brown 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
Marbury V. Madison impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
New York Times v. US facts
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)
Engel v. Vitale ruling
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Roe v. Wade ruling
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
New York Times v. US clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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)
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
