AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

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)

Roe v. Wade question

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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)

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?

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question

free speech 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?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

Roe v. Wade facts 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)

New York Times v. US ruling

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

US v. Lopez question

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise 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)

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

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)

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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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

Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Roe v. Wade ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

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

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)

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

US v. Lopez question

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Schenck v. US impact

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

Schenck v. US clause

End this game?