AP Gov SCOTUS duel

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

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?

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

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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?

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)

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

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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?

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

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)

New York Times v. US 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)

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

New York Times v. US question can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

US v. Lopez clause

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

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

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

Baker v. Carr question

Schenck v. US clause

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)

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?

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?

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 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

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)

End this game?