AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Schenck v. US question

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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?

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

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

Schenck v. US clause

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

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

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?

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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?

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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