US v. Lopez factsLopez, 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)
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Roe v. Wade factsRoe, 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)
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
New York Times v. US impact
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
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US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Shaw v. Reno factsIn 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)
Engel v. Vitale factsPublic 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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)
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Commerce Clause
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)
Citizens United v. FEC clause
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Shaw v. Reno impact
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Baker v. Carr clause
Schenck v. US clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
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Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Baker v. Carr facts
Brown v. Board of Education clause
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Engel v. Vitale ruling
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Citizens United v. FEC question
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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)
Brown 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