AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Marbury v. Madison question

US v. Lopez facts

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Schenck v. US facts

Commerce Clause

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

Engel v. Vitale ruling 6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the 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?

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 ruling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

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

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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?

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

US v. Lopez impact

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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)

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)

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?

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

Baker v. Carr question

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?

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

End this game?