AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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?

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

McCulloch v. Maryland question

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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?

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)

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Baker v. Carr clause

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

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?

Schenck v. US clause

New York Times v. US ruling 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

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

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

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)

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)

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Tinker v. Des Moines facts 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)

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

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?

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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

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)

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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)

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

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 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)

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)

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

End this game?