AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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)

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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?

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

Schenck v. US impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

Citizens United v. FEC question

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)

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)

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

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

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)

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC facts

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Shaw v. Reno impact

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?

The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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?

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

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)

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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?

Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

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

Baker v. Carr clause

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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

New York Times v. US question

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

Brown v. Board of Education question

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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