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?
free speech clause
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)
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
New York Times v. US ruling
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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)
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
religion trumps schooling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Baker v. Carr ruling
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)
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
1st amendment freedom of press
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
US v. Lopez facts
Lopez, 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)
Marbury V. Madison impact
Tinker v. Des Moines question
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?
Shaw v. Reno impact
14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
