Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment 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?
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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)
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
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)
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Schenck v. US 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Tinker v. Des Moines question
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Baker v. Carr facts
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Citizens United v. FEC clause
