AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

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

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)

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

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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?

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?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Baker v. Carr clause

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

New York Times v. US ruling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

until it was overturned decades later, Schenck v. US was used to uphold the Espionage Act, causing many other convictions

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause

Baker v. Carr clause

Baker v. Carr facts 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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts 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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

US v. Lopez facts

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

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

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?

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

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

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

End this game?