AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Shaw v. Reno facts

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

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

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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)

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Brown v. Board of Education impact

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

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

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

free speech clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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?

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

New York Times v. US ruling

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

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 clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

Baker v. Carr clause 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?

Marbury v. Madison question

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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)

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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