Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
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)
Roe v. Wade clause
Baker v. Carr ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
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)
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)
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
Baker v. Carr facts
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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)
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
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?
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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?
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
For religious reasons Amish families refused to send their children to high school citing a religious exemption, violating a Wisconsin law and were fined. They sued the state for violating their freedom of religion (1972)
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
