Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Roe v. Wade impact
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 question
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
US v. Lopez clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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?
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
McDonald v. Chicago facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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
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
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
New York Times v. US ruling
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
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
