US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland question
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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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New York Times v. US questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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McDonald v. Chicago question
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Gideon v. Wainwright question
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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 questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Marbury v. Madison question
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes 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?
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unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Roe v. Wade factsRoe, 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 impact
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
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religion trumps schooling
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5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Roe v. Wade question
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Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr ruling
US v. Lopez ruling
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Brown v. Board of Education clause
Schenck v. US clause
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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)
New York Times v. US impact
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?
New York Times v. US questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion