AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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

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

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

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)

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

14th amendment equal protection clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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 clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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)

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?

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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

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

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 impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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?

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

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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