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This case involved a man being arrested in Florida and not having an attorney to represent him when he went on trial.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This case involved a little girl not being able to go to a school because of her race.
What is Brown v. Board?
This case involved students getting suspended for wearing black armbands to school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This case involved a man not getting his job as a judge.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This case involved the state of Tennessee not updating districts.
What is Baker v. Carr?
A high school student bringing a gun to school triggered this case.
What is U.S. v. Lopez?
Prayer in school prompted this case.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
The federal government tried to regulate an election-related documentary film from this interest group, which was the reason to go to the Court.
A man speaking out against the WWI draft ignited this case.
What is Schenck v. United States?
The attempt to publish the "Pentagon Papers" was the cause for this case.
What is New York Times v. United States?
This specific amendment and clause were used as the reason why race-based segregation in schools was struck down in Brown v. Board.
What is the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?
Being upset about a bank existing brought this case before the Court.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
A wanting to keep a gun in his home was the basis for this case.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Congress overstepped their power with the Commerce Clause in this case.
What is United States v. Lopez?
Unreasonable restrictions to Second Amendment rights could not be implemented by the states as a result of this case.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Citizens United could create a film without the regulation of the Federal Election Commission due to this right AND amendment.
What is freedom of speech from the First Amendment?
The Court cited this specific clause AND amendment when it sided with Amish families regarding school attendance.
What is the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment?
Majority-minority districts drawn based on race can be challenged by voters as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment in this case.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Both of these clauses were cited as reasons to why the national government won their argument in McCulloch v. Maryland.
What are the Supremacy Clause and the Necessary & Proper Clause?
The federal government didn't have a prayer when the Court used this clause AND amendment to support their position in Engel v. Vitale.
What is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
The "Clear and Present Danger" test for restricting speech was established as a result of this case.
What is Schenck v. United States?
Students do not lose fundamental rights just because they are on school grounds is a fundamental principle of this case?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Selective incorporation was used to make this right AND amendment apply to the states in Gideon v. Wainwright.
What is right to an attorney from the Sixth Amendment?
Tennessee giving too much power to rural voters ended up violating this clause and amendment.
What is the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?
This right AND this amendment meant that the ability to use prior restraint had NOT been met by the federal government to prevent the publication of materials by the New York Times.
What is freedom of press from the First Amendment?