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)
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Wisconsin v. Yoder questionDid Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago clause2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Brown v. Board of Education questionDo state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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 factsDuring 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)
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Roe v. Wade impact
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Engel v. Vitale factsPublic 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 ruling
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
McDonald v. Chicago questionDoes 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?
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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
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Shaw v. Reno clause
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Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Engel v. Vitale ruling
BCRA 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)
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
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
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Tinker v. Des Moines questionDoes banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?
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4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
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
Engel v. Vitale questionDoes the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
Roe v. Wade ruling
Engel v. Vitale impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Engel v. Vitale facts
McDonald v. Chicago facts
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison 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?
14th amendment equal protection clause
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McDonald v. Chicago questionDoes 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?
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Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?