Marbury v. Madison ruling
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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)
US v. Lopez impact
Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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?
5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling
Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III
14th amendment equal protection clause
Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?
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Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
Tinker v. Des Moines question
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Shaw v. Reno facts
necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause
Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially
Roe v. Wade facts 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)
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?
1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
Does the federal government have implied powers?
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright question
Baker v. Carr facts
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
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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
US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
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)
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
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)
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?
religion trumps schooling
Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?
Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
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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)
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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)
The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech
Engel v. Vitale facts Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)
McDonald v. Chicago impact
McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Schenck v. US impact
Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech
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