US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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 ruling
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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 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)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Schenck v. US ruling
Shaw v. Reno question
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Schenck v. US facts
Shaw v. Reno ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause
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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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)
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
