AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts 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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Schenck v. US ruling unanimous for US, Schenck's encouragement of draft dodging was a clear and present danger

1st Amendment freedom of speech

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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)

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?

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

US v. Lopez 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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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)

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

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

Shaw v. Reno question

Shaw v. Reno clause

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)

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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)

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Engel v. Vitale question

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Baker v. Carr facts

The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)

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

New York Times v. US facts

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

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

Marbury v. Madison question

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

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

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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?

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

End this game?