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?
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Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
McDonald v. Chicago clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life, Roe sued "on behalf of all women" (1973)
Shaw v. Reno impact
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
McDonald v. Chicago question 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?
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Citizens United v. FEC clause
US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Baker v. Carr facts In 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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Engel v. Vitale question
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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
McDonald v. Chicago facts The 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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Schenck v. US ruling unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Commerce Clause
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
Baker v. Carr facts
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
US v. Lopez facts
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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)
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?
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Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Roe v. Wade facts
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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