AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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

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 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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

established judicial review

14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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)

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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)

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?

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

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

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

US v. Lopez clause

Roe v. Wade 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?

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)

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

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)

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

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?

Baker v. Carr question

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

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

Shaw v. Reno question

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)

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

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)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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)

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

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

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

End this game?