McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Marbury V. Madison impact
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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
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)
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
US v. Lopez ruling
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Roe v. Wade impact
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
14th amendment equal protection clause
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
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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
Schenck v. US impact
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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)
