2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Shaw v. Reno facts
In an attempt to create an additional legislative district with a majority of African-American voters, the state of North Carolina created a district connecting pockets of minority voters by nothing more than the width of the freeway. Shaw, a republican from NC, sued the US Attorney General who had forced the changes on 14th amendment violations (1993)
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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?
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
New York Times v. US clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Engel v. Vitale facts
US v. Lopez facts
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Brown v. Board of Education question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC facts
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)
free speech clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
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?
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Roe v. Wade impact
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
