Roe v. Wade ruling
7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion
Citizens United v. FEC clause
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Shaw v. Reno ruling
5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland impact
established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
McDonald v. Chicago question
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?
Tinker v. Des Moines impact
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
US v. Lopez ruling
5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
US v. Lopez question
Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?
Roe v. Wade clause
Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
McDonald v. Chicago clause
2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause
Marbury v. Madison ruling
4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Brown v. Board of Education ruling
9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Does the federal government have implied powers?
Gideon v. Wainwright impact
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
Citizens United v. FEC ruling
New York Times v. US facts
Schenck v. US impact
until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions
Marbury V. Madison impact
established judicial review
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)
Wisconsin v. Yoder question
Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?
6th amendment, right to an attorney
Brown v. Board of Education question
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact
Baker v. Carr impact
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
Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)
