Civil Liberties

School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Engel v. Vitale

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Schenck v. United States

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Engel v. Vitale

• United States v. Lopez

• Baker v. Carr

Public school students have the right to wear black arm bands in school to protest the Vietnam war

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security

• Schenck v. United States

• New York Times Co. v. United States

• Mc Donald v. Chicago

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment

• Schenck v. United States

• Roe v. Wade

• United States v. Lopez

• Engel v. Vitale

The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Roe v. Wade

• Shaw v. Reno

Established the principle of Judicial Review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution.

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCullouch v. Maryland

• United States v. Lopez

• Brown v. Board of Education

This case deals with the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Engel v. Vitale

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Schenck v. United States

This case deals with the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Roe v. Wade

• Engel v. Vitale

• Mc Donald v. Chicago

You say a prayer prior to taking a quiz.

• Establishment clause
• Free exercise clause