AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Baker v. Carr question

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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)

Schenck v. US impact

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

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Shaw v. Reno facts

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

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

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)

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?

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

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

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 ruling

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

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

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 clause

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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

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

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

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

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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