AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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?

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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?

Baker v. Carr question

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

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)

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?

Brown v. Board of Education facts

US v. Lopez facts

established judicial review

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)

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?

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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?

Baker v. Carr facts

Brown v. Board of Education impact 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?

Baker v. Carr clause

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

US v. Lopez ruling

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

New York Times v. US impact

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Commerce Clause

Baker v. Carr ruling

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 impact established judicial review

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

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 facts

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

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

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

religion trumps schooling

Shaw v. Reno clause

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of 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

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

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

End this game?