AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

established judicial review

Brown v. Board of Education question

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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

New York Times v. US impact

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

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

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

US v. Lopez impact

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

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)

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?

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

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Brown v. Board of Education clause

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Citizens United v. FEC 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?

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)

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

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?

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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 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)

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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

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

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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)

New York Times v. US facts

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?

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 clause 1st amendment freedom of press

Engel v. Vitale ruling

End this game?