Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Shaw v. Reno clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
1st amendment freedom of press
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?
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Shaw v. Reno impact
claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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)
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
Roe v. Wade impact
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
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)
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Marbury V. Madison impact
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
New York Times v. US question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
