New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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Schenck v. US clause
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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)
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
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)
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?
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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?
Schenck v. US impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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?
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)
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)
Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
US v. Lopez facts 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)
Schenck v. US question
Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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)
Roe v. Wade ruling
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unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Engel v. Vitale facts
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
Roe v. Wade impact
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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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)
Schenck v. US facts
New York Times v. US question can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
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)
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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)
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unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
14th amendment equal protection clause
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?
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