AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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)

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Marbury v. Madison question

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

Shaw v. Reno question

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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)

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

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

Roe v. Wade impact

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)

Roe v. Wade clause

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

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)

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

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?

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

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?

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

religion trumps schooling

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

New York Times v. US ruling 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

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Baker v. Carr impact

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

New York Times v. US clause

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative 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)

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

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?

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

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

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)

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)

Baker v. Carr facts

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

New York Times v. US question

End this game?