US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Engel v. Vitale questionDoes the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Roe v. Wade facts
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
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Schenck v. US impact
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Baker v. Carr clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
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)
Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Baker v. Carr facts
free speech clause
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Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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)
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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)
Schenck v. US impact
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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)
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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Frozen!
1st Amendment freedom of speech
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Baker v. Carr question
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Baker v. Carr impact
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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)
Roe v. Wade ruling
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Frozen!
Frozen!
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Citizens United v. FEC question
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected