AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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)

Baker v. Carr impact

Brown v. Board of Education 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)

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

US v. Lopez question

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 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

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 facts

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?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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)

New York Times v. US question

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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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?

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

US v. Lopez question

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

US v. Lopez clause

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

established judicial review

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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?

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

religion trumps schooling

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling 7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause

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

Shaw v. Reno facts

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

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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

End this game?