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?
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McDonald v. Chicago facts
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Shaw v. Reno impact
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 for NYTimes, except in the case of a Clear and Present danger the US government does not have the power of prior restraint over the press
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
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)
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
Baker v. Carr facts
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
New York Times v. US clause
Gideon v. Wainwright questionDoes 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?
New York Times v. US questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Schenck v. US facts
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
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Citizens United v. FEC facts
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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
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)
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?
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Marbury v. Madison question
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Engel v. Vitale clause
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education impact
Shaw v. Reno clause
Gideon v. Wainwright 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
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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Engel v. Vitale ruling
Marbury v. Madison clause
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Baker v. Carr clause
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McDonald v. Chicago impact
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?