AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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?

McDonald v. Chicago facts The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Shaw v. Reno question

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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)

Schenck v. US impact

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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)

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

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 clause

Baker v. Carr impact

religion trumps schooling

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

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)

US v. Lopez facts 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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

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?

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McDonald v. Chicago clause

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

McDonald v. Chicago facts The Chicago system for obtaining gun permits was so annoying that it was almost impossible to obtain one. McDonald sued Chicago for violating his 2nd amendment rights (2010)

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

End this game?