Roe v. Wade question
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
McDonald v. Chicago clause
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?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
US v. Lopez clause
claims 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
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
Engel v. Vitale facts
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)
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Baker v. Carr question
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
Brown v. Board of Education question
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Gideon 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Does 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?
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
