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?
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Brown v. Board of Education facts
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 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
Roe v. Wade impact
free speech clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise 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)
US v. Lopez impact
Shaw v. Reno facts
McDonald v. Chicago facts
Baker v. Carr facts
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?
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
Gideon v. Wainwright questionDoes 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?
Roe v. Wade facts
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Frozen!
Frozen!
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
free speech clause
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)
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?
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Boost!
Boost!
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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)
Boost!
Boost!
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 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
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
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause