New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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?
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education question
McDonald v. Chicago questionDoes the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Citizens United v. FEC impact
New York Times v. US impact
Engel v. Vitale facts
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Baker v. Carr facts
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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)
Engel v. Vitale questionDoes the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Roe v. Wade ruling
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
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)
Brown v. Board of Education impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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)
Frozen!
Frozen!
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education question
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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)
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 ruling
Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes 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?
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Schenck v. US factsDuring 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)
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
religion trumps schooling
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?
Schenck v. US ruling
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Wisconsin v. Yoder 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)
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)
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation