AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Gideon v. Wainwright 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)

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Roe v. Wade ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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

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

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)

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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Citizens United v. FEC question

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

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

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

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)

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

New York Times v. US impact

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

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)

US v. Lopez ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Wisconsin v. Yoder 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?

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment 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)

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

New York Times v. US impact

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

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

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?

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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?

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

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 impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Roe v. Wade question

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

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

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

End this game?