McCulloch v. Maryland facts
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Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
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)
Shaw v. Reno question
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
Shaw v. Reno facts
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Brown v. Board of Education impact
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)
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)
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce 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
US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Citizens United v. FEC impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Commerce Clause
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
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1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
New York Times v. US facts
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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?
Schenck v. US 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)
Schenck v. US facts
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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)
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education 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)
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Gideon v. Wainwright question
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
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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