Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Roe v. Wade question
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clausefree speech clause
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Roe v. Wade impact
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
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)
Shaw v. Reno question
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright factsGideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)
Marbury v. Madison clauseappellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Tinker v. Des Moines factsStudents 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)
Engel v. Vitale facts
Engel v. Vitale clause1st Amendment Establishment Clause
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC question
Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
religion trumps schooling
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)
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Wisconsin v. Yoder factsFor 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)
Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise 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)
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
US v. Lopez clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
Roe v. Wade facts
free speech clause
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Marbury V. Madison impactestablished judicial review
US v. Lopez question
US v. Lopez facts
Citizens United v. FEC clause
Baker v. Carr questionCan the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Roe v. Wade questionDoes the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Citizens United v. FEC ruling5:4 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
US v. Lopez ruling5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
US v. Lopez impact
Does 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?
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?