Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
1st Amendment freedom of speech
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
free speech clause
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
religion trumps schooling
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
Engel v. Vitale question
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Roe v. Wade clause
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Schenck v. US ruling
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Shaw v. Reno clause
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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
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US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
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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?
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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?
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
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)
For religious reasons Amish families refused to send their children to high school citing a religious exemption, violating a Wisconsin law and were fined. They sued the state for violating their freedom of religion (1972)
Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Engel v. Vitale factsPublic 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)
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)
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
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Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 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
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?
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade 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)
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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Baker v. Carr facts
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
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7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases