Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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)
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Schenck v. US clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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)
Citizens United v. FEC question
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?
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)
Shaw v. Reno impact
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
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Engel v. Vitale ruling
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
McDonald v. Chicago question
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?
Schenck v. US ruling
Marbury v. Madison clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
