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)
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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)
Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause
Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Schenck v. US ruling
New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing
Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
New York Times v. US facts 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)
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)
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases
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?
McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms
Tinker v. Des Moines ruling
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?
Engel v. Vitale ruling 6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause
Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?
Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
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?
students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected
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)
limited commerce clause, lessened federal power
McCulloch v. Maryland ruling
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)
6th amendment, right to an attorney
New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press
Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause
Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
religion trumps schooling
Gideon v. Wainwright ruling
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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)
Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause
Citizens United v. FEC facts
New York Times v. US question
Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney
Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities
Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?
Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case
US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause
Engel v. Vitale impact
1st Amendment freedom of speech
Marbury v. Madison clause
New York Times v. US facts 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)
Tinker v. Des Moines facts 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)
Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first
Citizens United v. FEC impact
Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional
Marbury V. Madison impact
McDonald v. Chicago facts 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)
McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress
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Citizens United v. FEC 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
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?
Brown v. Board of Education facts
Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion
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 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?
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)
Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling
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