Citizens United v. FEC facts
BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise 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)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
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)
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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)
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?
14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Roe v. Wade impact
