AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

1st amendment freedom of press

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?

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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?

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)

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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)

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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 question

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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)

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Roe v. Wade question

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Engel v. Vitale impact

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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?

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

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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?

End this game?