Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
US v. Lopez impact
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
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?
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago question
McDonald v. Chicago impact
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
14th amendment equal protection clause
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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)
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Shaw v. Reno impact
claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Marbury v. Madison 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?
