Tinker v. Des Moines clause
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Brown was a student at a Topeka school. She had to travel much farther to the nearest black school than she would to the white one. With support from the NAACP Brown sued (1954
Baker v. Carr clause
Schenck v. US question
Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
Roe v. Wade question
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Roe v. Wade facts
Roe, 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 question
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
Baker v. Carr impact
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
The 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)
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Schenck v. US clause
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Tinker v. Des Moines facts
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
US v. Lopez question
Shaw v. Reno question
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Marbury V. Madison impact
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
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)
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale facts
