AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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)

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?

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

Schenck v. US clause

US v. Lopez impact

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

New York Times v. US facts

Shaw v. Reno facts 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)

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?

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

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)

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

religion trumps schooling

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)

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?

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Baker v. Carr facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

New York Times v. US ruling

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

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)

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

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

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)

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

Engel v. Vitale facts

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)

Schenck v. US question

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

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

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

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

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

US v. Lopez clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

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?

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