AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

New York Times v. US question

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Schenck v. US question

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)

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

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)

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education question

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

Shaw v. Reno ruling 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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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

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

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

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?

Engel v. Vitale 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)

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Engel v. Vitale impact

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

Engel v. Vitale clause

Baker v. Carr facts

US v. Lopez ruling

Schenck v. US question

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts 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)

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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

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

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

New York Times v. US ruling

Baker v. Carr clause

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Commerce Clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts 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)

McDonald v. Chicago question

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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