Gideon v. Wainwright facts 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)
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Tinker v. Des Moines impact
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)
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McDonald v. Chicago question Does 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Roe v. Wade ruling
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)
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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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)
Roe v. Wade facts 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)
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
1st Amendment Establishment 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
US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US ruling unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Baker v. Carr question
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)
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
New York Times v. US ruling
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Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Gideon v. Wainwright question Does 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?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
Brown v. Board of Education impact
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
Schenck v. US facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)
US v. Lopez 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)
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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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?
Gideon v. Wainwright facts 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)
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
Roe v. Wade question
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
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