Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Schenck v. US facts
McDonald v. Chicago question
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McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
McDonald v. Chicago factsThe 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 question
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Roe v. Wade factsRoe, 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)
Citizens United v. FEC facts
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Schenck v. US impactuntil it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
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5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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?
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impactreligion trumps schooling
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
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Citizens United v. FEC questionDoes a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?
Shaw v. Reno clause
Baker v. Carr factsIn 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)
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
For religious reasons Amish families refused to send their children to high school citing a religious exemption, violating a Wisconsin law and were fined. They sued the state for violating their freedom of religion (1972)
McCulloch v. Maryland clausenecessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
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Tinker v. Des Moines impactstudents have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
New York Times v. US factsThe 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)
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)
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
Shaw v. Reno ruling
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Marbury v. Madison question
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
free speech clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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Schenck v. US clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
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Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
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)
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech