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)
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)
New York Times v. US question
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
During World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
free speech clause
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Schenck v. US clause
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Baker v. Carr facts
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
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?
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
US v. Lopez clause
New York Times v. US clause
