AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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?

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

US v. Lopez impact

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?

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Schenck v. US clause

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

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

Shaw v. Reno facts

Roe v. Wade clause 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?

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)

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland 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?

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

Baker v. Carr clause

McDonald v. Chicago facts

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

Schenck v. US clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

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

Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

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

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

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

established judicial review

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

Roe v. Wade facts

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)

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

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

Schenck v. US impact

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