Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Civil Liberties
- Engel v. Vitale
- A short voluntary prayer was organized for the start of each school day by the New York Board of Regents
- The prayer was unconstitutional
- Incorporated the Establishment Clause to the states
- Wisconsin v. Yoder
- Amish parents did not send children to public school in high school because it went against their religious beliefs. This action was against a Wisonsin ordinance.
- Ordinance was deemed unconstitutional
- Incorporated the Free Exercise Clause to the states
- Shenck v. United States
- Leaflets were distributed urging people to disobey the draft
- Criticizing the draft is not protected under the First Amendment
- First amendment rights could not harm the countries' national security
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
- Students wore armbands to show their support for a truce in the Vietnam War but were prevented due to a policy just created to ban armbands
- The policy against armbands was deemed unconstitutional
- Free speech rights applied to students on school grounds
- New York Times Company v. United States
- New York Times attempted to print papers on classified Department of Defense information but were prevented by the government
- Prior restraint by the government was unconstitutional
- Upheld freedom of the press unless the government had a clearly defined national security interest involved.
- Roe v. Wade
- Woman was seeking an abortion but was prevented by Texas law
- Texas law deemed unconstitutional
- Created the right to an abortion as a right to privacy
- McDonald v. Chicago
- Chicago had multiple gun bans
- Gun bans deemed unconstitutional
- Incorporation of the second amendment to the states