Supreme Court Cases Flashcards
McCulloch V. Maryland
Supremacy clause
Federal law over state laws
US V. Lopez
Use of Commerce Clause
Gun possession in school zone
Engel V. Vitale
Establishment Clause
School sponsorship of religious activities
Wisconsin V. Yoder
Free Exercise Clause
Compelling Amish students to go to school past eighth grade
Tinker V. Des Moines School
Free symbolic speech
Students protesting Vietnam War with armbands
New York Times V. US
Freedom of the Press
Prior restraint and national security
Schenck V. United States
First Amendment (Clear and present danger is not protected by the first amendment)
Writing against drafting during war time
Gideon V Wainwright
Right to an attorney
Inability to afford a lawyer
Roe V. Wade
Extended the right to privacy
Legalized abortion
McDonald V. Chicago
Second Amendment
Applying second amendment right to the states
Brown V. Board of Education
Equal protection clause (14th amendment)
Race-based segregation in school
Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission
First Amendment - Free Speech
Political spendings by corporations, associations, and labor unions
Baker V. Carr
Equal protection (one person one vote doctrine)
Redistricting
Shaw V. Reno
Voting Acts Right of 1965
Majority-minority districts may be constitutionally challenged if race is only factor
