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
New York Times v. US ruling
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Shaw v. Reno question
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
US v. Lopez impact
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment 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)
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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)
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
