AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago 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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Shaw v. Reno impact

Shaw v. Reno clause

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

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

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)

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Brown v. Board of Education question

US v. Lopez impact

Schenck v. US question

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

New York Times v. US 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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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

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

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause

Brown v. Board of Education impact

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Shaw v. Reno question

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?

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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)

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

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

New York Times v. US ruling

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Schenck v. US ruling

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

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you

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?

14th amendment equal protection clause

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