AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago question

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

US v. Lopez question

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

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

Shaw v. Reno impact 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

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Schenck v. US clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Roe v. Wade facts 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 impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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)

Roe v. Wade impact

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?

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 a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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)

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

Roe v. Wade question

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)

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

Baker v. Carr impact

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

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

US v. Lopez impact

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

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

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?

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

McDonald v. Chicago question

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause

End this game?