AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

free speech clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education question

Roe v. Wade facts 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)

Engel v. Vitale clause

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?

1st amendment freedom of press

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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?

New York Times v. US question

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland 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)

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)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

Roe v. Wade clause

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

Marbury v. Madison question

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

US v. Lopez ruling

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

End this game?