AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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)

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)

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)

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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?

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Engel v. Vitale impact

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?

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

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

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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

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

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)

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

free speech clause

Baker v. Carr facts In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)

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)

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

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?

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

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce 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)

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

McCulloch v. Maryland 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?

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

US v. Lopez question

End this game?