Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Engel v. Vitale 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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Roe v. Wade ruling
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Marbury v. Madison clause
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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?
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Citizens United v. FEC impact
McCulloch v. Maryland question
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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)
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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)
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
US v. Lopez clause
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
