Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
McDonald v. Chicago question
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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?
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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
Gideon v. Wainwright question
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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McDonald v. Chicago facts
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Shaw v. Reno impact
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
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
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Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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)
Shaw v. Reno ruling
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)
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
US v. Lopez facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
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)
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6th amendment, right to an attorney
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Baker v. Carr question
Shaw v. Reno facts
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necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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)
Citizens United v. FEC 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
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The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)
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Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?