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
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Roe v. Wade ruling
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education facts
US v. Lopez impact
Baker v. Carr question
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Gideon v. Wainwright facts 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)
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)
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)
Schenck v. US ruling
Engel v. Vitale clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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?
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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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)
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Roe v. Wade question Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Engel v. Vitale question
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)
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Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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
free speech clause
US v. Lopez ruling
Baker v. Carr impact
Tinker v. Des Moines question Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Baker v. Carr clause
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Engel v. Vitale question
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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)
Schenck v. US 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?
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
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Engel v. Vitale impact
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)
US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause
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Marbury v. Madison clause
Roe v. Wade question Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
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