What year was SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES
1919
A prohibition against public school students wearing black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam
War violated the students’ freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment.
TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1969)
The supreme court tules 7-2 in favor of the tinkers.
TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1969)
Giving a felon right to an attourney supports justice and due process.
GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states.
MCDONALD V. CHICAGO (2010)
A group of white voters thought that district 12, with mostly african americans, went violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by using race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines.
SHAW V. RENO (1993)
Race-based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment.
BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION
The Court ruled that the school-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional because it violated the Establishment Clause.
ENGEL V. VITALE (1962)
The restraint of press from congress goes against the First amendment
NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES (1971)
What established supremacy of the U.S. constitution and federal laws over state laws
MCCULLIOCH v. MARYLAND
What case did Supreme Court opinion explaine that it is within their power and authority to review acts of Congress, such as the Judiciary Act of 1789, to determine whether or not the law is unconstitutional.
Maubury v. Madison
The federal court decided it is within their power to assign reps based on population and not the states power becuase it violated the 14th amendment.
BAKER V. CARR (1962)
Congress exceeded its power under the Commerce Clause when it made possession of a gun in a
school zone a federal crime.
UNITED STATES V. LOPEZ (1995)
Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under
the First Amendment.
CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2010)
GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT (1963)
The state of Maryland challenged the federal government’s authority to create the bank and sought to impose a tax on it, arguing that the federal bank was unconstitutional and that states had the power to tax it.
MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND (1819)
The central question was whether Wisconsin's compulsory education law violated the First Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom by forcing Amish children to attend school beyond the eighth grade.
WISCONSIN V. YODER (1972)
Supreme court ruled in favor of yoder that the amish could not be told to go to school after 8th grade.
WISCONSIN V. YODER (1972)
Schools cannot favor one religion over another and cannot start school with a non-denominational prayer.
ENGEL V. VITALE (1962)
The supreme court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
BROWN v. BOARD
Charles Schenck argued that his right of the first amendment was violated if he was prohibited to hand out pamphlets about world war 1.
SCHENCK V. UNITED STATES (1919)
What case was where the key issue was whether Marbury had a right to the commission and whether the Supreme Court had the authority to issue a writ of mandamus (a court order to compel an official to perform a duty)
MARBURY V. MADISON (1803)
The supreme court ruled in favor of shaw that there can not be a racially segregated district.
SHAW V. RENO (1993
Decided they could not disrupt the newpapers and that it reinforced the principle of free press.
NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. UNITED STATES (1971)
The supreme court ruled in favor of baker, the decision established the principal of "one person, one vote" ensuring fair and equal representation in legislative elections.
BAKER V. CARR (1962)