AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

free speech clause

Roe v. Wade 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)

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

1st amendment freedom of press

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)

Schenck v. US question

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?

5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce clause

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?

Roe v. Wade clause

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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)

Brown v. Board of Education clause

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Schenck v. US impact

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

1st Amendment Establishment 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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Engel v. Vitale question

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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)

McDonald v. Chicago facts 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)

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright question Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?

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)

US v. Lopez 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)

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

Baker v. Carr question

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

School sponsorship of religious activities violates 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

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)

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

New York Times v. US clause

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

religion trumps schooling

Baker v. Carr impact

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?

Baker v. Carr ruling

End this game?