AP Gov SCOTUS duel

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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

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

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

free speech clause

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

religion trumps schooling

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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

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

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)

Schenck v. US impact

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)

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 question can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

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

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

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 clause 1st amendment freedom of press

New York Times v. US ruling

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?

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)

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Roe v. Wade question

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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)

Does banning the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of protest, violate the students' freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment?

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)

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

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)

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

Marbury V. Madison impact

US v. Lopez clause

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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)

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

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

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

Roe v. Wade facts 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)

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

End this game?