AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Shaw v. Reno question

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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 ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

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?

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Roe v. Wade clause

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

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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 impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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)

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

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

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

unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Schenck v. US impact

New York Times v. US question

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade clause

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland 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?

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