AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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

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

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

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

religion trumps schooling

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC 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?

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

US v. Lopez impact

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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)

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

established judicial review

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?

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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

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

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 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?

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 clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Brown v. Board of Education clause

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

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)

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

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

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

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

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

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)

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Schenck v. US clause

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

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