AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

Marbury V. Madison impact

Engel v. Vitale ruling

religion trumps schooling

US v. Lopez clause

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Roe v. Wade question

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

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

US v. Lopez facts

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)

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)

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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

Schenck v. US facts

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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?

Roe v. Wade clause

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

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)

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

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

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

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

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

religion trumps schooling

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

Baker v. Carr question

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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