AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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

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

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

Engel v. Vitale impact

Shaw v. Reno question

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)

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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)

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

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

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

New York Times v. US impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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)

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

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)

claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation

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?

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Marbury V. Madison impact

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?

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?

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

Engel v. Vitale facts Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling

Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

End this game?