Brown v. Board of Education ruling
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Engel v. Vitale facts
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)
Shaw v. Reno impact
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
Marbury v. Madison 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
New York Times v. US impact
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
McDonald v. Chicago facts
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)
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Baker v. Carr facts
In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
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)
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Marbury v. Madison clause
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)
Baker v. Carr ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
