AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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

New York Times v. US ruling

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)

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

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Citizens United v. FEC impact

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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)

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Baker v. Carr impact

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)

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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Schenck v. US impact

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Marbury v. Madison clause

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)

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

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?

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

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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)

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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

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)

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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)

End this game?