SCOTUS Cases (Rights-1st Amendment)

Question 1

Burwell v Hobby Lobby

Answer 1

•ACA violated rights on religious grounds (pay for contraception coverage)
•Politicised (5-4 vote)
•Active
•Limit to congress and executive to change right protection
•Est new policy that businesses are protected by 1st amendment right

Question 2

Snyder v Phelps

Answer 2

•8-1 that freedom to religion/speech should be upheld as it was on a public street
•Not politicised
•No limit
•Upholds freedom to speech rights

Question 3

Citizens United v FEC/ McCutcheon v FEC

Answer 3

•Activism and politicisation
•Limit on congress
•Remove old policy and establish new

Question 4

Carson v Makin

Answer 4

•Politicised (6-3) 2022
•All voted on ideological grounds (religion)
•Limit on states
•Establish new policy

Question 5

Kennedy v Bremerton School District

Answer 5

•Activism (going against the Establishment Clause)
•Politicised (Strict v Loose- religious ideal)
•Limit on government bodies (Est Clause)
•Establish new policy

Question 6

Creative LLC v Elenis

Answer 6

•Activist as acting against state law (Colorado Anti Discrimination Act)
•Politicised (6-3)
•Limit on state legislatures
•Established new policy