AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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)

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

Schenck v. US ruling

US v. Lopez ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Engel v. Vitale 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 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 impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Roe v. Wade impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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?

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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?

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

US v. Lopez 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)

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Commerce Clause

Engel v. Vitale question

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

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)

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

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

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

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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?

New York Times v. US impact

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

End this game?