AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Baker v. Carr impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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)

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?

US v. Lopez ruling

New York Times v. US question

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Schenck v. US clause

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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)

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

US v. Lopez impact

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

McDonald v. Chicago 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?

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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?

Engel v. Vitale question Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

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?

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

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)

US v. Lopez question

14th amendment equal protection clause

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

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?

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

Brown v. Board of Education impact

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)

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

Schenck v. US impact

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