Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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 facts
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
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)
McCulloch v. Maryland facts
Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)
5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Schenck v. US clause
Citizens United v. FEC question
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)
Marbury v. Madison clause
Roe v. Wade ruling
Baker v. Carr ruling
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Engel v. Vitale question
Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?
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)
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
Gideon v. Wainwright 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)
free speech 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?
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education question
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
Baker v. Carr clause
