Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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)
Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
established judicial review
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Schenck v. US ruling
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling
Citizens United v. FEC impact
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McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
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 v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
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)
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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)
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?
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US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
US v. Lopez clause
Roe v. Wade 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?
US v. Lopez ruling
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)
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McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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?
Baker v. Carr question
McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Shaw v. Reno question
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)
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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)
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
1st amendment freedom of press
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
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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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