AP Gov SCOTUS duel

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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)

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

Roe v. Wade clause

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?

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce 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?

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

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

US v. Lopez facts

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

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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)

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

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)

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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 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?

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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

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?

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

New York Times v. US clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

US v. Lopez 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?

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno impact claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation

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)

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

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)

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

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Schenck v. US facts

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

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