Engel v. Vitale question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Shaw v. Reno question
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland 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)
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)
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Shaw v. Reno impact
claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison question
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Baker v. Carr impact
Brown v. Board of Education facts
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
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Roe v. Wade facts
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)
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Shaw v. Reno facts
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)
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Baker v. Carr facts
In 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)
