Supreme Court Cases 1
What was the first case to declare an act of congress unconstitutional and confirm the Court's power of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
The religious clause of Wisconsin v Yoder.
free exercise
The case that ruled that the Gun Free Zone Act of 1992 had nothing to do with the Commerce Clause.
U.S. v Lopez
The amendment that was ruled on in Texas v Johnson; Tinker v Des Moines; Schenck v US.
1st amendment
The idea that the Bill of Rights can be enforced in state government via the due process clause of the 14th amendment. An accompanying term to the former is that those rights should be included on a case by case basis.
The incorporation doctrine and selective incorporation
Case that established the right for the government to prosecute individual speech or symbolic speech that creates a clear and present danger.
Schenck v United States
The amendment AND clause of this amendment that was the issue in Brown v Board of Ed.
What was the 14th amendment and the equal protection clause?
The case that allow symbolic speech in the form of arm bands protesting the Vietnam War.
Tinker V. Des Moines
The case that ruled the Pentagon Papers had to be released because it was a violation of free press making it hard for the government to enact prior restraint.
New York Times v United States
These are given by both the majority and dissenting justices as a result of a ruling
Opinion
Case where a woman was arrested for having obscene materials found at her house by police. Evidence gathered was in violation of the 4th amendment. because of a false search warrant
Mapp V. Ohio
Case where a person accused of a felony was denied an attorney free of charge by a judge. Court ruled for the individual because it was violation of Sixth Amendment. Right to an attorney if you can afford one.
Gideon V. Wainwright
The case that strengthened the federal government by ruling that states did not have the power to tax the federal government because the Supremacy Clause made the federal government superior to that of the many states.
McCulloch v Maryland
The case that ruled that state sponsored prayer in public schools was a violation of the 1st amendment.
Engel v Vitale
The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause.
Shaw v Reno
The power of the courts to used various amendments, including the 9th amendment, to confirm a constitutional implied right. Right to privacy is a good example of this.
Penumbra
This case featured a high school student who gave an obscene speech at a school rally as he was campaigning for his friend for a student government position.
Bethel v Fraser
The US v Lopez ruling indirectly stated that Congress' overreach of power in the Gun Free School Zones Act violated this amendment of the Bill of Rights.
What is the 10th amendment?
The Brown v Board case went against stare decisis and overruled this previous case.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The case that incorporated the 2nd amendment to state and local government as well.
McDonald v Chicago
Evidence gathered illegally, in violation of the 4th amendment, cannot be used in court. This is referred to as...
the exclusionary rule
Increased the protection of right to privacy by legalizing abortion and making it more difficult for states to restrict abortion up to the third trimester.
Roe v Wade
Based on this clause and its ability to "fortify" the Commerce Clause, the establishment of the National Bank in McCulloch v Maryland was constitutional.
the necessary and proper clause
The case that ruled that congressional districts had to be basically the same number of people - the one man, one vote principle' and that a case heard by the court must be justiciable must not be political in nature.
Baker v Carr
Landmark case that ruled that corporate funding of campaigns cannot be limited under the 1st amendment free speech clause.
Citizens United v FEC