Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?
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)
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
Roe v. Wade ruling
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?
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
1st Amendment freedom of speech
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)
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McCulloch v. Maryland question
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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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)
Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment 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)
Engel v. Vitale question
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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 clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Marbury v. Madison clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Brown v. Board of Education clause
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC facts
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Baker v. Carr ruling
US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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?
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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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Shaw v. Reno facts
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McDonald v. Chicago question
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Roe v. Wade facts
Shaw v. Reno question
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
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McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Gideon v. Wainwright question 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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Does 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?
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
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