Tinker v. Des Moines question
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
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)
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Shaw v. Reno impact
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
religion trumps schooling
McDonald v. Chicago question
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
McDonald v. Chicago facts
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
Roe v. Wade clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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)
New York Times v. US ruling
Baker v. Carr ruling
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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?
Engel v. Vitale ruling
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
