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
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Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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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)
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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)
Roe v. Wade questionDoes the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Shaw v. Reno clause
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon 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)
Roe v. Wade impact
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Schenck v. US ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
New York Times v. US clause
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
established judicial review
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
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McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
US v. Lopez ruling
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Roe v. Wade facts
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Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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)
Marbury v. Madison clause
Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 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)
Roe v. Wade clause
Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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McDonald v. Chicago question
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Engel v. Vitale questionDoes the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Commerce Clause
New York Times v. US clause
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
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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
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)