AP Gov SCOTUS duel

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

Schenck v. US facts

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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)

New York Times v. US question

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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 impact Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

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

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?

Shaw v. Reno clause

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)

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

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

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)

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Marbury v. Madison question

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

free speech clause

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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