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)
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Schenck v. US facts 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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
Roe, 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)
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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 ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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?
Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
McDonald v. Chicago question
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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?
religion trumps schooling
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)
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
US v. Lopez question
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Schenck v. US question
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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New York Times v. US clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Engel v. Vitale impact
New York Times v. US facts 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)
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McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Citizens United v. FEC ruling 5:4 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
established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
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
6:3 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
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Wisconsin v. Yoder question Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Schenck v. US impact
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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Schenck v. US question Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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