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| 13858749997 | Engel v Vitale | First Amendment/Establishment Clause - Government-directed prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and students may remain silent or be excused from the classroom during its recitation. |  | 0 |
| 13858750000 | Baker v. Carr | 1962 in Tennessee, federal government has the ability to intervene in a state's redistricting to ensure fairness because redistricting is not just a political question |  | 1 |
| 13858750001 | NY Times v. U.S. | First Amendment/Freedom of the Press - New York Times and Washington Post could print the Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment |  | 2 |
| 13858750003 | Schenck v. U.S. | First Amendment/Freedom of Speech/non-protected - The circulars urged "Do not submit to intimidation" but advised only peaceful action such as petitioning to repeal the Conscription Act. Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment. During wartime, utterances tolerable in peacetime can be punished. Clear and present danger test. |  | 3 |
| 13858750006 | Tinker v. Des Moines | First Amendment/Freedom of Speech/symbolic speech - students' wearing of armbands in support of Vietnam truce did not interrupt school activities, pure speech |  | 4 |
| 13858750008 | Mapp v. Ohio | Fourth Amendment/Exclusionary Rule - evidence taken in unreasonable searches and seizures may not be used in court. |  | 5 |
| 13858750013 | Roe v. Wade | Ninth & Fourteenth Amendments/privacy Abortion is a private matter |  | 6 |
| 13858750015 | Brown v. Board of Education | Fourteenth Amendment/Separate not Equal - Integration of Schools - racial segregation violates the equal protection clause |  | 7 |
| 13858750017 | Marbury v. Madison | Establishes the Supreme Court as having the power of Judicial Review/interpret the Constitution |  | 8 |
| 13858750018 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause - Creation of the bank was implied based upon the enumerated power of Congress to tax. State of Maryland could not tax federal bank due to Supremacy Clause |  | 9 |
| 13858750020 | Shaw v. Reno | 1993 case in NC with majority-minority districts, court ruled it was an example of racial gerrymandering and thus these districts were unconstitutional. The case was a problem of reverse discrimination. (Redistricting cannot be based on race!) |  | 10 |
| 13858750024 | Gideon v. Wainwright | A landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys. |  | 11 |
| 13858750026 | Wisconsin v. Yoder | Amish children are not required to attend compulsory education past 8th grade. | 12 | |
| 13858750031 | McDonald v. Chicago | Found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" as protected under the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states. | 13 | |
| 13858750034 | Citizens United V. FEC | Free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for communications by nonprofit corporations, for-profit corporations, labor unions, and other associations | 14 |
