AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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)

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

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

New York Times v. US facts

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Baker v. Carr facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

New York Times v. US ruling 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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

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

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 impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Shaw v. Reno question

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?

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

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?

McDonald v. Chicago clause

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

Schenck v. US facts

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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?

Baker v. Carr ruling

US v. Lopez facts

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

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

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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