AP Gov SCOTUS duel

New York Times v. US impact

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Shaw v. Reno impact

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)

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

US v. Lopez clause

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder 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)

Brown v. Board of Education clause

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

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

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?

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)

Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Shaw v. Reno clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Baker v. Carr 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?

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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)

New York Times v. US question

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education facts 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

Shaw v. Reno impact

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

US v. Lopez ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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?

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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

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?

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