AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Marbury v. Madison question

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

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

US v. Lopez impact

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

New York Times v. US ruling

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

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)

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 impact

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

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)

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

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

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

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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?

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

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?

Citizens United v. FEC question

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)

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Engel v. Vitale clause

Engel v. Vitale facts

Shaw v. Reno facts

Schenck v. US clause

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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)

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

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

Engel v. Vitale impact

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Engel v. Vitale question

End this game?