AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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 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)

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

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

Commerce Clause

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?

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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)

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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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)

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

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

US v. Lopez question

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?

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

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

US v. Lopez ruling

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

Citizens United v. FEC question Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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?

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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)

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

New York Times v. US impact

New York Times v. US ruling

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

Commerce Clause

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)

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts Students were suspended for wearing black armbands as a symbol to protest the Vietnam War after being told that wearing the armbands would result in punishment. Their parents sued the school system for violating the students right to free speech (1969)

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

New York Times v. US question

End this game?