AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale facts

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

Baker v. Carr impact

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

US v. Lopez ruling 5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause

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)

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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)

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

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Shaw v. Reno facts 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)

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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?

Marbury V. Madison impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

New York Times v. US facts

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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

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

Roe v. Wade 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)

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

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 clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

New York Times v. US question

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

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

Schenck v. US impact until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions

Engel v. Vitale facts

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

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?

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

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)

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

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

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