AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Schenck v. US question

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

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

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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?

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

New York Times v. US facts

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?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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)

New York Times v. US ruling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection 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)

US v. Lopez ruling

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Marbury V. Madison impact 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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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

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)

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)

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

Roe v. Wade clause

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

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

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

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?

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

US v. Lopez facts

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

US v. Lopez impact

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Baker v. Carr facts

Roe v. Wade question

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

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?

End this game?