Schenck V US
The Supreme Court Case of Schenck v US took place during this war.
What is World War I?
The Supreme Court Case of Tinker v Des Moines took place during this conflict in the 1960s and 1970s. Make way for Rambo.
What is the Vietnam War?
Both "McCullough" and "Marbury" took place in this century.
What is the 19th Century?
When it comes to the issue of segregation in schools, this reconstruction amendment grants equal protection to all citizens under the law, regardless of race.
What is the 14th Amendment?
In the required case of "Baker v Carr" the court explored this issue, which deals with the manipulation of boundaries to favor one political party or class.
What is gerrymandering?
Similar to Korematsu v US, The Patriot Act, and Captain America Civil War, during times of war, the United States is willing to place these values ahead of natural rights.
What are safety and security?
The students Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt, along with John Tinker, engaged in this activity to protest the violence occurring in the conflict.
What is wearing black armbands to school?
In both the "McCullough" case and the "Marbury" case, this man served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court under Article 3 of the Consitution.
Who is John Marshall?
The case of Brown v Board of Education used the principle of judicial review to revisit a decision about segregation made in this case from 1896.
What is "Plessy vs. Ferguson?"
In the case of "Baker v Carr" the Warren Court of 1962 rules that it can get involved in redistricting based on this clause of the 14th Amendment.
What is the equal protection clause?
When Mr. Schenck was arrested, he used the following amendment of the Constitution to defend himself.
What is the First Amendment?
Even though the local district court and the federal appeals court ruled in favor of the school, the case made its way to the Supreme Court. The high court had to answer this question.
What is, "Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students' freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?"
In "McCullough" the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Bank of the United States based on this clause in the Constitution, which protects constitutional entities from state interference.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Linda Brown and her father were able to get the NAACP to hire this famous attorney who later went on to become a chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In the 1993 Required Case of "Shaw v Reno," the Supreme Court ruled that you cannot engage in gerrymandering based on this. Keep in mind, it is something you have no control over. You are just born this way.
What is race?
In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that Mr. Schenck's passing out of anti-war pamphlets is similar to shouting this phrase in a certain location.
What is shouting fire in a crowded theater?
Similar to "TLO v New Jersey," Justice Hugo Black and Justice John Harlan wrote dissenting opinions from the majority that argued this point.
What is "the First Amendment does not provide the right to express any opinion at any time. Because the appearance of the armbands distracted students from their work, they detracted from the ability of the school officials to perform their duties, so the school district was well within its rights to discipline the students."
In "Marbury," the chief justice established this important legal principle that allows the court to go over laws or precedent again and decide if they are Constitutional or not. Thank heavens this principle exists or segregation in schools would still be happening legally.
What is Judicial Review?
As opposed to engaging in Judicial Restraint, which allows for a more conservative approach to making decisions, the Warren Court engaged in this action, which allows for great reforms to be made by the Supreme Court.
What is judicial activism?
In her decision for "Shaw v Reno," Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ruled that you cannot engage in gerrymandering based on this law that was passed during the Civil Rights Era.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
What is the Espionage Act?
Unlike in Scheck v US, the majority of the court ruled in the following way.
What is "the students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property. In order to justify the suppression of speech, the school officials must be able to prove that the conduct in question would "materially and substantially interfere" with the operation of the school?"
Both "McCullough" and "Marbury" would be supported by this group represented by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay as each decision gave strength to the Federal Government.
Who are the Federalists?
As a result of "Brown v Board of Education," schools became integrated. The transporting of black and white students to achieve integration within school districts is known by this term
What is busing?
This Supreme Court Case, which is not required but was reviewed in this class, gutted the Voting Rights Act which prevents gerrymandering based solely on race.
What is Shelby County v Holder?