AP Gov SCOTUS duel

US v. Lopez clause

US v. Lopez facts Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Engel v. Vitale question

Does the federal government have implied powers?

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

New York Times v. US clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

Marbury V. Madison impact

Schenck v. US facts

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)

New York Times v. US ruling

Baker v. Carr question

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright facts Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Baker v. Carr facts In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)

Schenck v. US ruling unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Engel v. Vitale impact

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno facts In an attempt to create an additional legislative district with a majority of African-American voters, the state of North Carolina created a district connecting pockets of minority voters by nothing more than the width of the freeway. Shaw, a republican from NC, sued the US Attorney General who had forced the changes on 14th amendment violations (1993)

Engel v. Vitale question Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)

Gideon v. Wainwright question Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

US v. Lopez impact

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

The Nixon administration attempted to prevent several newspapers from publishing materials belonging to a classified Defense Department study, known as the Pentagon Papers, detailing US actions in Vietnam. The president argued that prior restraint was necessary to protect national security. NYTimes sued on 1st amendment grounds (1971)

During World War I, Schenck, secretary of the socialist party, mailed a pamphlets to draftees declaring that the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude meant that the draft was unconstitutional. He was charged with violation of the Espionage Act and sued saying that he was just exercising free speech (1919)

New York Times v. US question can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Marbury v. Madison ruling 4:0 for Marbury, kinda. Marbury does deserve his commision, but SCOTUS shouldn't have heard the case first

Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions

McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Brown v. Board of Education facts Brown was a student at a Topeka school. She had to travel much farther to the nearest black school than she would to the white one. With support from the NAACP Brown sued (1954

Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life, Roe sued "on behalf of all women" (1973)

New York Times v. US ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Lopez, a senior brought a gun to his public high school, illegal under the federal Gun Free School Zones Act. He was arrested and tried in federal court. He sued saying that regulation on state property (schools) was state business. (1995)

Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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