Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
New York Times v. US impact
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr facts
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
New York Times v. US question
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright question
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?
Shaw v. Reno question
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
McDonald v. Chicago facts
The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
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
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)
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Baker v. Carr clause
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)
Engel v. Vitale question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
