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)
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established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Schenck v. US impact
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
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Engel v. Vitale ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines question
McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
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
Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Roe v. Wade 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
religion trumps schooling
US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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)
US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause
religion trumps schooling
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Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
Roe v. Wade facts
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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 Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Commerce Clause
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Roe v. Wade question
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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Engel v. Vitale question Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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