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)
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
McDonald v. Chicago question
New York Times v. US ruling
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
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?
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Roe v. Wade facts
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
