Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr facts
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US clause
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Brown 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
Engel v. Vitale question
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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)
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
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?
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Roe v. Wade clause
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?
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Engel v. Vitale facts
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
New York Times v. US facts
US v. Lopez clause
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
