Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Citizens United v. FEC question
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
14th amendment equal protection 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
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
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
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
