AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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?

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)

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?

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

free speech clause

US v. Lopez ruling

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

1st amendment freedom of press

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)

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)

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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

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

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

US v. Lopez clause 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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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

Engel v. Vitale 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)

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

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

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Brown v. Board of Education impact

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

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?

14th amendment equal protection clause

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Tinker v. Des Moines 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)

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

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

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?

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)

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Baker v. Carr facts

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

New York Times v. US facts

End this game?