AP Gov SCOTUS duel

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

Baker v. Carr facts In Tennessee district boundaries were not being redrawn despite unequal spread of voters. Baker, a Tennessee citizen, sued on the grounds that the district lines made rural votes worth more than urban ones. (1962)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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?

Roe v. Wade clause

New York Times v. US ruling 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

Baker v. Carr impact

Citizens United v. FEC question

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

free speech clause

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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

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)

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Baker v. Carr impact

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

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

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?

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

Commerce Clause

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)

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?

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

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

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

End this game?