GOV Cases

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Whether states power of education could override the parents constitutional rights to protect religious beliefs

Citizens United v. Fec

Whether government can restrict political spending of corporations and labor unions under the 1st amendment

Schenck v. united States

If the government enforcing the Espionage act of 1917 violated the 1st amendment

McCulloch v. Maryland

The making of a national bank by federal government and if Maryland can tax

Baker v. Carr

Charles Baker argued that Tennessee violated the 14th Amendment of equal protection and refused its districts

New York Times v. U.S.

If the executive branch had the power to bypass the 1st amendment and block the publication of information

Marbury v. Madison

Jeffersons administration denied delivering official paperwork needed to claim his government job promised by the previous president

Engel v. Vitale

If voluntary prayer in public schools violates the 1st amendment

McDonald v. Chicago

Chicagos ban of handguns preventing McDonald to own a gun for his safety of his house

Roe v. Wade

Texas statutes that criminalized abortion violated women’s rights to personal liberty and privacy under multiple amendments

United States v. Lopez

Whether Congress had the power to ban the possession of a gun in school zones.

Tinker v. Des Moines

If public schools can ban students wearing armbands to protest war in Vietnam, violating their 1st amend.

Brown v. Board of education

Whether the segregation of public schools based on race violating the 14th amend.

Shaw v. Rend

Whether state violates the 14th amend of equal protection when intentionally drawing a congressional district based on their race of the voters

Gideon v. Wainwright

Whether a state refusal to appoint a lawyer violated the clause of 14th amendment