Holdings
Constitutional Principles
Facts
What case am I?
Who am I?
100

Corporate Funding of campaign items cannot be limited by the FEC. Political rights to free speech also applies to corporations

Citizens United vs FEC

100

Freedom of Speech can be symbolic

Tinker vs Des Moines

100

Tennessee hadn't redrawn their districts to properly represent their population shifts so there was unequal protection

Baker vs Carr

100

Praying at school in the morning at the start of the day

Engel vs Vitale
100

don't be in the military

schenck vs US

200

If the prosecution gets a lawyer, so does the defendant

Gideon vs Wainright

200

Federalism, commerce clause

US vs Lopez

200

A federal judge challenged North Carolina gerrymandering efforts due to the apparent racially biased gerrymandering. 

Shaw vs Reno

200

"separate but equal"

Brown vs Board

200

no lawyer for you

gideon vs wainright

300

The 14th amendment makes 2nd amendment right apply to the states. They must respect those federal rights.

McDonald vs Chicago

300

Right to privacy (1st, 4th, 5th, and 9th amendments) via the 14th amendment's due process clause 

Roe vs Wade

300

The NY times was printing documents from the Defense Dept. and Nixon administration applied a restraining order.

NY Times vs US

300

commerce clause

US vs Lopez

300

midnight judges

marbury vs madison

400

Free exercise outweighs school requirements when it comes to religion.

Wisconsin vs Yoder

400

Created the concept of judicial review - the right of the courts to strike down actions of other branches

Marbury vs Madison

400

The NAACP uses Linda Brown's case, along with several others, to finally challenge the "separate but equal" logic

Brown vs Board

400

learning home skills at 13

Wisconsin vs Yoder

400

ABORTION!!!!

roe vs wade

500

The court held that Congress could use implied powers to create a national banking system and that states could not negate that authority.

MuCulloch vs Maryland

500

Establishment Clause- the 1st Amendment

Engel vs Vitale

500

He was arrested during WW1 for protesting the draft. The government claimed that he was endangering the war effort while he claimed free speech rights

Schenck vs US

500

escalating gun violence

mcdonald vs chicago

500

armbands

tinker vs des moines