Shaw v. Reno clause
14th amendment 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)
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
New York Times v. US clause
1st amendment freedom of press
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
McCulloch v. Maryland question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
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)
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Roe v. Wade impact
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?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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?
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Shaw v. Reno facts
In an attempt to create an additional legislative district with a majority of African-American voters, the state of North Carolina created a district connecting pockets of minority voters by nothing more than the width of the freeway. Shaw, a republican from NC, sued the US Attorney General who had forced the changes on 14th amendment violations (1993)
New York Times v. US impact
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Citizens United v. FEC clause
US v. Lopez clause
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Engel v. Vitale ruling
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Schenck v. US question
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
