Facts
What year did the supreme court case Brown V. Board of Education happen?
1954
What was the issue of the Engel V. Vitale case?
Whether a public school could sanction classroom prayers.
What was the supreme courts response to the case of Mcculloch V. Maryland?
The federal government had the right and power to set up a federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the federal government.
What was the supreme courts explanation of the TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT case?
The high court agreed that students' free rights should be protected and said, "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."
What was the outcome of the Wisconsin V. Yoder case?
Amish parents could remove their children from public schools after the 8th grade as an exercise of their right to religious freedom.
What doctrine did the result of the Marbury V. Madison case establish?
Judicial Review
What was the issue of the Schenck V. United States case?
The First Amendment could be limited only if the words in the circumstances created a "clear and present danger".
What was the courts response to Gideon V. Wainwright?
Guaranteeing the right to legal counsel for criminal defendants in federal and state courts.
What was the supreme courts explanation of the NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES case?
The First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government.
What was the supreme courts decision in Shaw V. Reno?
When it comes to redrawing voting districts, race could not be the deciding factor.
What state did the Baker V. Carr case take place in?
Tennessee
What was the issue in the U.S V. Lopez case?
Reaffirmed certain limits on congressional power.
What was the supreme courts holding on the CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION case?
The freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, and other associations.
What was the courts decision in the McDonald V. Chicago case?
The Second Amendment right to bear arms is applicable to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.