Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
McDonald v. Chicago impact
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Shaw v. Reno facts
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade impact
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
US v. Lopez facts
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
