AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

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

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

US v. Lopez impact

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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?

Engel v. Vitale 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

New York Times v. US facts

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines question

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

McDonald v. Chicago question

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)

established judicial review

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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

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)

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

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

Engel v. Vitale question

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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 facts

New York Times v. US ruling

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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)

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

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)

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?

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

1st amendment freedom of press

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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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