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
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection 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)
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?
New York Times v. US facts
Shaw v. Reno impact
claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
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)
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago question
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Roe v. Wade ruling
Roe v. Wade impact
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Roe v. Wade question
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 question
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
