Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Engel v. Vitale ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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
Baker v. Carr clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process 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)
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Citizens United v. FEC question
Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Roe v. Wade question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland question
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
US v. Lopez facts
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
