Gideon v. Wainwright question
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Engel v. Vitale impact
Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Roe v. Wade 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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
US v. Lopez question
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
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?
US v. Lopez clause
New York Times v. US facts
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Marbury V. Madison impact
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Schenck v. US ruling
Baker v. Carr question
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)
New York Times v. US clause
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
