AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Roe v. Wade clause

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

religion trumps schooling

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?

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

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

Commerce Clause

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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

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)

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?

religion trumps schooling

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

US v. Lopez impact

Roe v. Wade impact

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Schenck v. US facts

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

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

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 question

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Does the federal government have implied powers?

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

End this game?