AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Roe v. Wade question

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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?

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?

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)

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause

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

US v. Lopez ruling

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Schenck v. US facts

Marbury v. Madison question

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)

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Engel v. Vitale facts 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)

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

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Engel v. Vitale clause

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?

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

Schenck v. US ruling

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)

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Engel v. Vitale question

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)

US v. Lopez 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)

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Marbury v. Madison ruling

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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?

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

End this game?