AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Commerce Clause

New York Times v. US ruling

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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 impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

1st amendment freedom of press

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?

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 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

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?

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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)

Roe v. Wade clause

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

Schenck v. US clause

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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)

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

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?

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Roe v. Wade impact

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

Schenck v. US facts

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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?

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

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

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

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)

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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