Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
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?
McDonald v. Chicago question
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Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
Engel v. Vitale clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
Commerce Clause
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
New York Times v. US impact
Citizens United v. FEC factsBCRA 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)
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
US v. Lopez ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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Baker v. Carr factsIn Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)
Engel v. Vitale facts
1st amendment freedom of press
established judicial review
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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?
Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Shaw v. Reno facts
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Schenck v. US clause
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
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established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
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?
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
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?
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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 questioncan the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
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)
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)