AP Gov SCOTUS duel

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Wisconsin v. Yoder 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)

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)

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)

Roe v. Wade question

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury V. Madison impact

McCulloch v. Maryland question

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

New York Times v. US question

Roe v. Wade clause

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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)

Baker v. Carr question

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

established judicial review

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Shaw v. Reno impact 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

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Engel v. Vitale ruling

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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, 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)

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)

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 unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

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)

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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

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

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?

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)

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

End this game?