AP Gov SCOTUS duel

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Schenck v. US facts

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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)

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

US v. Lopez question

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

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?

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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

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

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

Commerce Clause

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)

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Baker v. Carr clause

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

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?

Shaw v. Reno impact

Engel v. Vitale facts

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

New York Times v. US ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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)

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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?

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)

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)

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)

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?

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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 impact

McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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?

unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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