Court case
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
A 2010 landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that individuals, corporations, and unions could donate unlimited amounts of money to groups that make independent political expenditures.
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Amish children do not have to go to school until they are 16, they may stop after the 8th grade
Baker v. Carr
this decision created guidelines for drawing up congressional districts and guaranteed a more equitable system of representation to the citizens of each state
Federalist (No.) 10
Argued that the establishment of a representative democracy is effective against partisanship and factionalism
Bill of Rights
Series of amendments to the Constitution that guarantees individual freedoms and due process
McDonald v. Chicago
States can not ban guns because of the right to bear arms and equal protection of the law.
New York Times v. US
The President argues that the publication of the Pentagon Papers is in violation of executive privilege. Result: The barring of the publication of these papers is in violation of the 1st A. Publication does not imperial the public.
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated
Brutus (No.) 1
Argued that a free republic cannot govern over a country as large as the United States
Federalist (No.) 51
Addresses means by which appropriate checks and balances can be created in government
United States v. Lopez
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress the power to prohibit mere possession of a gun near a school, because gun possession by itself is not an economic activity that affects interstate commerce even indirectly.
Tinker v. Des Moines
public school students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door."
Schenck v. United States
Justice Holmes declared that government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils.
Declaration of Independence
States the principles on which the American government is based
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.
-States that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws
Shaw v. Reno
race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.
Gideon v. Wainwright
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
Articles of Confederation
1) Could not collect taxes
2) Could not regulate trade
3) Could not enforce laws
Federalist (No.) 70
Argues the purpose of having a single executive (president) in government
Roe v. Wade
legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy
Engel v. Vitale
state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren
Marbury v. Madison
establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review
Constitution
Supreme law of the US
-Contains seven articles & twenty-seven amendments
-Creates the framework of the US government