AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

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?

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

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

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?

US v. Lopez question

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

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)

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 impact

Engel v. Vitale facts Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)

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

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

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 clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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)

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)

McDonald v. Chicago question

Citizens United v. FEC clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

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

Baker v. Carr question

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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)

7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise 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)

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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

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

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

religion trumps schooling

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

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

End this game?