Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon 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)
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
US v. Lopez factsLopez, 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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)
Baker v. Carr impact
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
New York Times v. US ruling6:3 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
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
Brown v. Board of Education factsBrown 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
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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?
McDonald v. Chicago facts
14th amendment equal protection clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
1st Amendment freedom of speech
14th amendment equal protection clause
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Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Engel v. Vitale impact
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
New York Times v. US facts
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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Shaw v. Reno impact
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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
Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
Baker v. Carr question
Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes 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?
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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)
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
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Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
US v. Lopez factsLopez, 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)
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Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Wisconsin v. Yoder 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)
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions