Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
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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?
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
US v. Lopez impact
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?
1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause
McDonald v. Chicago impact
Schenck v. US clause
New York Times v. US clause1st amendment freedom of press
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)
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14th amendment equal protection clause
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
McCulloch v. Maryland questionDoes the federal government have implied powers?
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Shaw v. Reno facts
Roe v. Wade clausea bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Shaw v. Reno questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
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)
Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
McCulloch v. Maryland rulingunanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
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?
Schenck v. US rulingunanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Baker v. Carr clause
McDonald v. Chicago facts
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
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Gideon v. Wainwright impactGuaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
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Citizens United v. FEC impactused as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
Marbury v. Madison ruling4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
US v. Lopez clauseCommerce Clause
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Schenck v. US clause
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
McCulloch v. Maryland impactestablished supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Citizens United v. FEC clause1st Amendment freedom of speech
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
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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)
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
Brown v. Board of Education clause14th amendment equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Brown v. Board of Education impactoverruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Marbury v. Madison questionDo the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
US v. Lopez questionUnder the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
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)
established judicial review
US v. Lopez impactlimited commerce clause, lessened federal power
McCulloch v. Maryland factsMaryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
Shaw v. Reno clause14th amendment equal protection 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)
Roe v. Wade facts
US v. Lopez factsLopez, 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 questionDoes redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago ruling5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states