AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

Shaw v. Reno facts

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)

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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?

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

US v. Lopez clause

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Shaw v. Reno question

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

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)

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

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

Roe v. Wade impact

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

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

Citizens United v. FEC question

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Shaw v. Reno question

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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?

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Engel v. Vitale facts

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

Schenck v. US clause

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?

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)

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

End this game?