Schenck v. US clause
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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?
Roe v. Wade facts
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
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Schenck v. US impact
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Baker v. Carr clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
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)
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
established judicial review
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Baker v. Carr facts
