Shaw v. Reno
This person rejected a North Carolina reapportionment plan due to the lack of black-majority districts in it, approving a new plan with a snake like minority-majority district.
Who was Attorney General Reno?
A high school student in this grade was charged on state then later federal levels after carrying a firearm discreetly to school in Texas.
What was 12th grade?
This person challenged a 1982 Chicago law banning new registration handguns, claiming it violated the right to carry and possess weapons.
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A conservative non-profit org wanted to air and advertise a film that was critical of this Democratic presindential candidate
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This number of North Carolina residents challenged the constitutionality of a weirdly shaped district, claiming it was wrong to create a district for the sole purpose of gaining black representatives.
What was five residents?
This act was questioned if unconstitutional as it overrode congress's power to legislate under the commerce clause.
What was the 1990 Gun Free School Zone Act?
This amendment was questioned to be able to be applied to specific states and their political divisions
What is the second amendment
It was questioned if this should be banned for elecioneering commuications
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This case questioned whether there was additional governmental interest in this states reapportionment plant.
What was North Carolina?
In a 1995 case, this action was questioned if to be related to commerce.
What was the act of carrying or banning guns?
The second amendmend is also included by this amendment and was enforceable against the states
What is the fourteenth amendment
The first amendment protected the freedom of speech, and also overruled this case
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A ruling deemed this shaped district was bizarre enough that it was clearly to separate voters into race.
What was a snake shaped district?
The supreme court decided that the 1990 Gun Free School Zone Act didn't over step this clause, as it has nothing to do with the clauses subject.
What was the commerce clause?
The second amendment protects this, which would include and indiviual's right to register new firearms
What is the right to carry
The reasoning was that this clause said political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions
What is the freedom of speech clause
This numbered majority of the supreme court ruled in Shaw's favor.
What was a 5 to 4 ratio?
This ratio of a split ruling decided out ruling guns in schools didn't overstep the bounds of the commerce clause.
A 5 to 4 split
This decision decided that the right to bear arms was protected and could not be infringed by state and local governments
What is a split 5-4 decision
This decision in favor of citizens said that all independent expenditures by corps and unions violated the First Amendment
What is 5-4 decision