AP Gov SCOTUS duel

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

New York Times v. US facts 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)

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Schenck v. US clause

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)

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

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 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?

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

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

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)

US v. Lopez clause

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

New York Times v. US ruling

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

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?

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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)

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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

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

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

free speech clause

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 question Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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

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

End this game?