Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
Baker v. Carr question
Roe v. Wade question
McDonald v. Chicago ruling
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
Baker v. Carr facts
In 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)
Gideon v. Wainwright clause
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Roe v. Wade clause
a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
McCulloch v. Maryland clause
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
New York Times v. US ruling
6:3 for NYTimes, except in the case of a Clear and Present danger the US government does not have the power of prior restraint over the press
Marbury v. Madison ruling
Wisconsin v. Yoder clause
1st Amendment Free Exercise 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)
Roe v. Wade impact
Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
Marbury v. Madison clause
Brown v. Board of Education impact
overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
McDonald v. Chicago question
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
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?
6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
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)
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
US v. Lopez clause
Schenck v. US ruling
unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
