Schenck v. US facts
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade question
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Roe v. Wade impact
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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)
Shaw v. Reno question
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?
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)
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
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)
Engel v. Vitale facts
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC question
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
religion trumps schooling
