Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Does the federal government have implied powers?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Roe v. Wade clause
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Roe v. Wade facts
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
New York Times v. US question
Roe v. Wade question
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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)
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Baker v. Carr impact
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Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Brown v. Board of Education impact
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
New York Times v. US clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Baker v. Carr clause
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
religion trumps schooling
Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes 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?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Shaw v. Reno factsIn 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)
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Marbury v. Madison clause
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?