AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Schenck v. US facts

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

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)

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)

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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

New York Times v. US clause

McDonald v. Chicago 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

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

Baker v. Carr clause

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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?

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?

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?

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)

Engel v. Vitale question

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?

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?

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

New York Times v. US impact

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

New York Times v. US 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)

US v. Lopez question

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

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)

End this game?