AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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?

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)

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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)

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

New York Times v. US question

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

Baker v. Carr impact

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

6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling 6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Baker v. Carr impact

US v. Lopez ruling

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?

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Shaw v. Reno question

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)

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

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)

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

End this game?