AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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

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

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?

14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

New York Times v. US facts 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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

1st amendment freedom of press

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

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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)

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Citizens United v. FEC facts BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts For religious reasons Amish families refused to send their children to high school citing a religious exemption, violating a Wisconsin law and were fined. They sued the state for violating their freedom of religion (1972)

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Schenck v. US facts 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)

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

McDonald v. Chicago question Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Baker v. Carr ruling

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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)

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his freedom of speech?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

End this game?