AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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?

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Brown v. Board of Education clause

Schenck v. US clause

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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)

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

Baker v. Carr question

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright 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)

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)

Engel v. Vitale impact

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 clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade clause

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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)

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?

Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Commerce Clause

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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)

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)

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

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

Schenck v. US question

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

End this game?