AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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

Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

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

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

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?

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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

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)

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Marbury V. Madison impact

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)

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

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

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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)

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

Schenck v. US question

Roe v. Wade question

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

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

Engel v. Vitale impact

Shaw v. Reno facts

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

Schenck v. US clause

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment 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?

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Shaw v. Reno clause

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

McDonald v. Chicago question 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?

End this game?