Engel v. Vitale ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Roe v. Wade question
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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 question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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)
14th amendment equal protection clause
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright question
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
