1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
New York Times v. US facts
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)
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)
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Commerce Clause
McDonald v. Chicago clause
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)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Engel v. Vitale clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Schenck v. US clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Schenck v. US ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
