AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

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

Roe v. Wade impact

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison question

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Engel v. Vitale impact

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)

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 facts 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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Shaw v. Reno question

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Schenck v. US impact

established judicial review

Roe v. Wade clause

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)

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

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?

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

Marbury v. Madison ruling

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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?

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

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

1st amendment freedom of press

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

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)

End this game?