Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Marbury v. Madison question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Shaw v. Reno impact
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Schenck v. US facts
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)
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
McDonald v. Chicago facts
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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?
New York Times v. US ruling
6:3 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
Baker v. Carr facts
In 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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
