AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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?

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)

Baker v. Carr clause

established judicial review

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

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

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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?

Citizens United v. FEC question Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

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

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)

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)

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

New York Times v. US ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

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

US v. Lopez facts

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

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

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

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)

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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)

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

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)

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

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