Does the federal government have implied powers?
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
New York Times v. US ruling
6:3 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
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
US v. Lopez impact
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do 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?
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr facts
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
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?
Engel v. Vitale question
New York Times v. US impact
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)
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
