AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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?

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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

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

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

US v. Lopez 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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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

Baker v. Carr question

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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)

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)

Shaw v. Reno 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?

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

Schenck v. US facts

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

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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)

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

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

US v. Lopez question

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

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

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

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?

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)

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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 question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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)

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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?

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

End this game?