AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

established judicial review

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)

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?

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

religion trumps schooling

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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)

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

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

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?

1st Amendment Establishment 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

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?

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Marbury v. Madison ruling

New York Times v. US question

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Commerce Clause

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

Engel v. Vitale question

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

New York Times v. US ruling 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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment 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 ruling

Baker v. Carr facts 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)

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 impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

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

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

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)

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

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

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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 facts

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

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

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