AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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)

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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)

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)

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

Engel v. Vitale question

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)

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

New York Times v. US question

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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)

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Baker v. Carr ruling

US v. Lopez ruling

Shaw v. Reno impact 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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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

free speech clause

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

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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?

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

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

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

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

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)

End this game?