Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Commerce Clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Schenck v. US question
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Shaw v. Reno facts
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
1st amendment freedom of press
Schenck v. US clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
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?
Roe v. Wade impact
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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)
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
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
New York Times v. US question
