AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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?

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

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 question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Engel v. Vitale facts 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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

Marbury v. Madison question

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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 facts

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

Marbury v. Madison clause

New York Times v. US impact

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

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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

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

Schenck v. US question

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise 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)

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

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)

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

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?

End this game?