AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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?

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

New York Times v. US clause

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts 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)

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

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?

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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?

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

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

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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

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

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

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Citizens United v. FEC facts

New York Times v. US facts

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Schenck v. US clause

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?

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

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

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

Engel v. Vitale question

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno question

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

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

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Shaw v. Reno 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)

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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