AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Baker v. Carr impact

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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?

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)

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Citizens United v. FEC clause

McDonald v. Chicago question Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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 facts

New York Times v. US clause

Shaw v. Reno question

Roe v. Wade impact

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)

US v. Lopez question

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Marbury v. Madison question

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

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

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

McDonald v. Chicago question Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts 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)

Tinker v. Des Moines 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)

Baker v. Carr question

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)

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Citizens United v. FEC clause

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

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

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

In an attempt to create an additional legislative district with a majority of African-American voters, the state of North Carolina created a district connecting pockets of minority voters by nothing more than the width of the freeway. Shaw, a republican from NC, sued the US Attorney General who had forced the changes on 14th amendment violations (1993)

Gideon v. Wainwright question 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?

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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

End this game?