Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
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)
US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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?
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?
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Schenck v. US facts
Baker v. Carr question
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
14th amendment equal protection clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
Does the federal government have implied powers?
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)
New York Times v. US ruling
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 impact
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Citizens United v. FEC clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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
Roe v. Wade impact
Roe v. Wade question
