2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
Shaw v. Reno factsIn 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)
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
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?
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
New York Times v. US clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Engel v. Vitale facts
US v. Lopez facts
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Brown v. Board of Education question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC factsBCRA 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)
free speech clause
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Roe v. Wade questionDoes the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Roe v. Wade impact
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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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)
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon 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)
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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Citizens United v. FEC impact
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
US v. Lopez question
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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)
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago question
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)