New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
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)
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Commerce Clause
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Citizens United v. FEC factsBCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Engel v. Vitale clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Roe v. Wade factsRoe, 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Schenck v. US clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Schenck v. US ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
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established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury V. Madison impact
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Shaw v. Reno impactclaims 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
McDonald v. Chicago question
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Students 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)
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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)
Shaw v. Reno facts
Brown v. Board of Education factsBrown 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
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?
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected