Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
Schenck v. US clause
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Gideon v. Wainwright question
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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)
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Citizens United v. FEC facts
McDonald v. Chicago questionDoes the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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?
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
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Schenck v. US factsDuring World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
Schenck v. US question
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade impact
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
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1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Baker v. Carr ruling
Commerce Clause
Roe v. Wade question
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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?
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
During World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Shaw v. Reno clause
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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)
Engel v. Vitale facts
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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?
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Roe v. Wade ruling
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
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