AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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 ruling

Shaw v. Reno 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)

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?

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

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)

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

Roe v. Wade question

US v. Lopez question

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?

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)

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

Roe v. Wade clause

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

New York Times v. US facts

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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 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?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

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?

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

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

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?

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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

Schenck v. US clause

free speech clause

14th amendment equal protection clause

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

End this game?