Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
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)
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
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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)
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 facts
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
free speech clause
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)
Engel v. Vitale clause
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright questionDoes the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
US v. Lopez question
established judicial review
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
McDonald v. Chicago question
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
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)
Schenck v. US question
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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New York Times v. US question
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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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
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Roe v. Wade clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
Roe v. Wade questionDoes the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
US v. Lopez facts
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?
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Shaw v. Reno impact
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?