US v. Lopez clause
Commerce Clause
Shaw v. Reno question
Wisconsin v. Yoder facts
For 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)
Schenck v. US facts
During 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)
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
Schenck v. US clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
McDonald v. Chicago clause
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
McDonald v. Chicago impact
states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
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?
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
Gideon v. Wainwright facts
Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
New York Times v. US question
can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Does 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?
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?
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth 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)
Baker v. Carr ruling
6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Baker v. Carr clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
Engel v. Vitale ruling
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
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?
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
Brown v. Board of Education clause
14th amendment equal protection clause
