Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
New York Times v. US impact
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Tinker v. Des Moines question
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?
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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 impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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
New York Times v. US question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
Baker v. Carr facts
In 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)
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)
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
Brown v. Board of Education clause
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
