During 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)
Schenck v. US ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
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?
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Engel v. Vitale facts
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
New York Times v. US ruling
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Baker v. Carr facts
Marbury V. Madison impact
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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)
Brown v. Board of Education question
Roe v. Wade question
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
