AP Gov SCOTUS duel

New York Times v. US impact

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

US v. Lopez question

Baker v. Carr clause

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

US v. Lopez clause

McDonald v. Chicago clause

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

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)

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)

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

Roe v. Wade question

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

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

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)

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question 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?

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

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

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 Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

Gideon v. Wainwright facts Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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?

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)

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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?

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)

Shaw v. Reno question

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

Brown v. Board of Education facts 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

Schenck v. US clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

Baker v. Carr impact

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