until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Does 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?
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Baker v. Carr facts
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)
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
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)
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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)
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
New York Times v. US ruling
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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)
Schenck v. US ruling
