AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

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

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

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

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?

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

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

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

US v. Lopez clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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

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

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

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts 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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

New York Times v. US impact

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland question

14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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

Marbury V. Madison impact

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?

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

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)

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?

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

US v. Lopez ruling

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

Commerce Clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Schenck v. US facts

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

End this game?