Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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 questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Shaw v. Reno clause
Marbury V. Madison impact
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Engel v. Vitale clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce 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)
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
McDonald v. Chicago question
Brown v. Board of Education question
Schenck v. US impact
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 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
New York Times v. US facts
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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)
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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)
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)
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)
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
New York Times v. US questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Does the federal government have implied powers?
BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Citizens United v. FEC question
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power