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)
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)
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)
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Does the federal government have implied powers?
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
US v. Lopez impact
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Schenck v. US 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)
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)
Shaw v. Reno impact
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
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)
14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
