Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
US v. Lopez facts
Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Marbury v. Madison question
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
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)
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 facts
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Baker v. Carr question
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)
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Shaw v. Reno question
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
