AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale question

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)

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)

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

McDonald v. Chicago question

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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 clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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)

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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

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

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

New York Times v. US facts

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?

Commerce Clause

Citizens United v. FEC 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)

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)

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?

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?

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)

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Roe v. Wade clause

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

Baker v. Carr impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

New York Times v. US impact

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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)

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

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

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?

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

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?

established judicial review

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech 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

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

End this game?