Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Brown v. Board of Education 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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Engel v. Vitale impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Commerce Clause
Baker v. Carr question
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Brown v. Board of Education impact
US v. Lopez question
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
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?
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
US v. Lopez facts
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)
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
