AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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 freedom of speech

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)

Marbury v. Madison question

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

Baker v. Carr 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?

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

1st Amendment 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)

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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?

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?

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

Engel v. Vitale question

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 facts

Schenck v. US clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education 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)

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

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

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)

US v. Lopez 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

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

US v. Lopez question

McDonald v. Chicago impact

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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

Schenck v. US question

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

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)

End this game?