McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Commerce Clause
New York Times v. US ruling
Citizens United v. FEC clause
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
1st amendment freedom of press
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Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Roe v. Wade questionDoes 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 factsBrown 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
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?
McDonald v. Chicago question
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Baker v. Carr ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Citizens United v. FEC factsBCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
Roe v. Wade clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
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Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Schenck v. US clause
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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)
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Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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)
Roe v. Wade questionDoes the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Roe v. Wade impact
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life, Roe sued "on behalf of all women" (1973)
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Schenck v. US facts
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
14th amendment equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
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
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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)
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause