Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
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Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
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New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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
New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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)
US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Engel v. Vitale question Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines question Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Schenck v. US question Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Schenck v. US facts
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Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
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)
New York Times v. US ruling
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)
Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Shaw v. Reno impact
Roe v. Wade impact
Roe v. Wade question
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
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Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
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Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
New York Times v. US facts
US v. Lopez ruling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Roe v. Wade clause
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Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago facts 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)
Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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)
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
Citizens United v. FEC facts
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)
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Marbury V. Madison impact
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