Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
New York Times v. US impactprotected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
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Shaw v. Reno ruling5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Citizens United v. FEC question
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Baker v. Carr ruling6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Schenck v. US questionDid Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison clause
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
McCulloch v. Maryland question
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 clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
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 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)
Brown v. Board of Education ruling9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Baker v. Carr impactestablishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
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14th amendment equal protection clause
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
Gideon v. Wainwright clause6th amendment, right to an attorney
McDonald v. Chicago impactstates cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Shaw v. Reno ruling
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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Gideon v. Wainwright rulingunanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Gideon v. Wainwright questionDoes 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?
Roe v. Wade ruling7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
6:3 for NYTimes, except in the case of a Clear and Present danger the US government does not have the power of prior restraint over the press
Engel v. Vitale ruling6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact
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)
Baker v. Carr clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale facts
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
US v. Lopez clause
Baker v. Carr question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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)
Engel v. Vitale impactSchool sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
Roe v. Wade impactExtended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno impact
7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
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Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech