Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Citizens United v. FEC question
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?
Engel v. Vitale facts
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 ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade 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)
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Gideon v. Wainwright question
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)
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Roe v. Wade facts
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Baker v. Carr impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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?
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
