unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
New York Times v. US question
New York Times v. US ruling
Roe v. Wade question
McDonald v. Chicago facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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)
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?
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 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
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Engel v. Vitale facts
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
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
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
McDonald v. Chicago questionDoes 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?
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Baker v. Carr clause
Boost!
Boost!
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Commerce Clause
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)
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
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Marbury v. Madison ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Frozen!
Frozen!
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Frozen!
Frozen!
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)
Schenck v. US impact
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
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
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury v. Madison question
Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
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?