5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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 ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
US v. Lopez impact
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
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?
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago question
McDonald v. Chicago impact
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
14th amendment equal protection clause
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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 factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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 questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Shaw v. Reno impactclaims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Marbury v. Madison 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?
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
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Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury V. Madison impact
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon 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)
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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?
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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 reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Schenck v. US impact
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US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education question
New York Times v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy 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)