AP Gov SCOTUS duel

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

Baker v. Carr impact

Roe v. Wade clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling unanimous for McCulloch, the federal government has implied powers, states can't tax a federal institution

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause

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

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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)

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

New York Times v. US question

McDonald v. Chicago facts The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)

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?

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Roe v. Wade question

Schenck v. US clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

Marbury V. Madison impact

Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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)

6:3 for NYTimes, except in the case of a Clear and Present danger the US government does not have the power of prior restraint over the press

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

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

US v. Lopez facts

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?

Engel v. Vitale ruling 6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Marbury V. Madison impact

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause

New York Times v. US facts

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

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