Tinker v. Des Moines question
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
Schenck v. US ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Marbury V. Madison impact
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
Engel v. Vitale facts
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)
US v. Lopez clause
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McDonald v. Chicago question
Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Did 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 facts
Students 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)
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)
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Roe v. Wade question
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
US v. Lopez facts
Lopez, 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)
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)
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Baker v. Carr ruling
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?
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McCulloch v. Maryland 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
