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?
Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life, Roe sued "on behalf of all women" (1973)
Baker v. Carr impact
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Gideon 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)
Brown v. Board of Education facts
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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)
Baker v. Carr facts
McDonald v. Chicago facts
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)
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
free speech clause
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Schenck v. US question
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Commerce Clause
Schenck v. US clause
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
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)
Citizens United v. FEC 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
