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)

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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 question

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)

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

Shaw v. Reno question

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

US v. Lopez clause

Baker v. Carr impact

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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?

Roe v. Wade facts 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 ruling

1st amendment freedom of press

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

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

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)

Marbury V. Madison 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?

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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?

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

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?

Roe v. Wade question

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder 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?

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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)

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)

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

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