Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Citizens United v. FEC clause
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC impact
used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
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?
Citizens United v. FEC facts
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)
14th amendment equal protection clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
US v. Lopez facts
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)
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)
US v. Lopez impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Engel v. Vitale clause
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
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?
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
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?
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
religion trumps schooling
