AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Roe v. Wade question

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

Engel v. Vitale question

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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?

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)

free speech 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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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)

Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

New York Times v. US impact

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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 clause free speech clause

US v. Lopez clause

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Roe v. Wade clause

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)

Roe v. Wade impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

Engel v. Vitale clause

McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

religion trumps schooling

Roe v. Wade question

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

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?

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

US v. Lopez impact

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)

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

End this game?