Gideon v. Wainwright question
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6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Shaw v. Reno impact claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
US v. Lopez facts
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)
McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McDonald v. Chicago question Does 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?
Citizens United v. FEC impact
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Commerce Clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
established judicial review
Brown was a student at a Topeka school. She had to travel much farther to the nearest black school than she would to the white one. With support from the NAACP Brown sued (1954
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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Engel v. Vitale facts 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)
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McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Shaw v. Reno 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)
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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)
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)
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Citizens United v. FEC question
Roe v. Wade facts
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Roe v. Wade impact
Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
14th amendment equal protection clause
Schenck v. US facts
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Wisconsin v. Yoder question Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
14th amendment equal protection clause
Commerce Clause
US v. Lopez facts
Schenck v. US question Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines question
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