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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Roe v. Wade clause
a 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
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does 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 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?
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Shaw v. Reno question
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
New York Times v. US question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 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 facts
Maryland 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 question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
