AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

Shaw v. Reno facts

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Baker v. Carr question

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

US v. Lopez question

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Engel v. Vitale question

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?

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

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Roe v. Wade impact

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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?

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)

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

New York Times v. US ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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

US v. Lopez clause

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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)

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

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

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)

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

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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