McCulloch v. Maryland impact
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Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
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)
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Citizens United v. FEC question Does 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?
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Roe v. Wade question Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
US v. Lopez facts Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
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?
Schenck v. US question Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
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)
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Baker v. Carr impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Engel v. Vitale question Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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?
Baker v. Carr ruling
New York Times v. US facts
Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
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Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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)
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Roe v. Wade facts 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)
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
US v. Lopez facts Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC question Does 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 impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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
religion trumps schooling
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
US v. Lopez ruling
Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Brown v. Board of Education facts
5:4 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
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
New York Times v. US clause
Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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