Engel v. Vitale clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
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)
Commerce Clause
religion trumps schooling
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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 facts
During World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)
free speech clause
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Schenck v. US question
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
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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)
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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?
McDonald v. Chicago facts
The 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)
