AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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 facts

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education clause

US v. Lopez facts

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

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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?

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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)

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland question

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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)

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

US v. Lopez ruling

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?

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)

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)

Brown v. Board of Education facts

US v. Lopez clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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)

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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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

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