AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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?

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 ruling

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

US v. Lopez facts

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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)

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

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)

Schenck v. US ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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)

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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)

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

religion trumps schooling

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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

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

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

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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

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

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

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

14th amendment equal protection clause

US v. Lopez clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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)

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection 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)

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland question

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

New York Times v. US ruling

Schenck v. US ruling

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

End this game?