gov required cases

Marbury v. Madison

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

McCulloch v. Maryland

Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law

Schenck v. United States

1919--Case involving limits on free speech. Established the "clear and present danger" principle.

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Amish children do not have to go to school until they are 16---they may stop after the 8th grade

Brown v. Board of Education

1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.

Baker v. Carr (1962)

The Court asserted that the federal courts had the right to tell states to reapportion their districts for more equal representation.

Engel v. Vitale

The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.

Gideon v. Wainwright

A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the government

Tinker v. Des Moines

U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school

New York Times v. US

Supreme Court case protecting the freedom of the press by allowing the New York Times to publish the "Pentagon Papers" despite the Justice Department's order to restrict it

McDonald v. Chicago

The right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the 2nd Amendment is incorporated by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment and applies to the states.

Shaw v. Reno

The Court ruled that although it was a legitimate goal for state legislatures to take race into account when they draw electoral districts in order to increase the voting strength of minorities, they may not make race the sole reason for drawing district lines.

Citizen United v. FEC

Overturns most of (BCRA)/McCain Feingold. Political spending by corporations and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the 1st Amendment

US v. Lopez

Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce.

Engel v. Vitale

1st Amendment - Establishment Clause

Schenck v. US

1st Amendment Freedom of Speech (avoid draft)

Brown v. Board of Education

14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause & Education

Baker v. Carr

14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause & Article III

Gideon v. Wainwright

14th Amendment Due Process Clause & 6th Amendment Right to Counsel

Tinker v. Des Moines

1st Amendment Symbolic Speech

NY Times v. US

1st Amendment Freedom of the Press

Wisconsin v. Yoder

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Shaw v. Reno

14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause & Voting Districts

Marbury v. Madison

Supremacy Clause & Article III

McCulloch v. Maryland

Necessary & Proper Clause and Supremacy Clause

Citizen United v. FEc

1st Amendment Freedom of Political Speech

US v. Lope

Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago

14th Amendment Due Process Clause & 2nd Amendment