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Down: 1) Compulsory secondary education for Amish children violated the Free Exercise Clause. Paves the way for homeschooling / religious school movement2) States cannot tax the federal government. Federal law is superior to the states. A national bank is legal under the elastic clause. Implied powers affirmed.3) Pentagon Papers may be published, despite top-secret ratings. Cements the role of the press in the democratic system.4) PAC spending in campaigns is free speech. Limits on private spending are unconstitutional.5) States must treat the racial composition of districts under “Strict Scrutiny” during redistricting. Makes “cracking” of racial groups unconstitutional under the VRA of 19656) Armbands worn count as “Symbolic Speech,” protected by 1st Amendment. Schools, as gov institutions, cannot censor peaceful speech.7) Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson’s “Separate but Equal” ruling. Lays groundwork for school desegregation “with all deliberate speed.”8) “Midnight Judges” appointed. The Court rules itself the arbiter of all federal laws and constitutionality Across: 9) Apportioned districts must be relatively equal in size. Grants the Supreme Court legal authority over “political questions” and Legislative apportionment.10) Incorporates the right to an attorney in the states. Overturns precedent: Bettes v. Bradley11) Mandating prayer in a government-run institution is a violation of the 1st amendment’s “Establishment” clause.12) Schenck attempted to organize a peaceful protest of / resistance to the WWI draft. Speech not protected in Wartime. Creates a “Clear and Present Danger”13) Privacy Rights are not guaranteed. All regulations are left to the states.14) 2nd Amendment grants the absolute right to gun ownership. States/localities can impose restrictions on gun owners, but not outright bans15) Federal handgun regulation did not qualify for national government power under the Commerce Clause. Power to regulate handguns returns to states. First ruling since New Deal to limit gov power under CC.
 

 

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