McDonald v. Chicago impact
Brown v. Board of Education question
Roe v. Wade question
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 ruling
Schenck v. US facts
Schenck v. US clause
Marbury v. Madison question
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
US v. Lopez question
McDonald v. Chicago facts
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)
New York Times v. US ruling
6:3 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
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
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)
Baker v. Carr clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Roe v. Wade ruling
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright question
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 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?
US v. Lopez impact
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Engel v. Vitale impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
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)
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?
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)
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
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
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
