Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Brown v. Board of Education 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 facts
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Schenck v. US clause
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
McDonald v. Chicago question
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
Roe v. Wade facts
Roe, 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
religion trumps schooling
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Baker v. Carr clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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 impact
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
1st amendment freedom of press
Marbury V. Madison impact
New York Times v. US question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press 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)
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?
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
