AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago 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?

1st amendment freedom of press

McCulloch v. Maryland question

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

New York Times v. US ruling

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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

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

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)

US v. Lopez ruling

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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)

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)

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

Roe v. Wade facts 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)

6th amendment, right to an attorney

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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)

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?

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

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)

New York Times v. US ruling

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

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

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

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?

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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)

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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Schenck v. US facts

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

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?

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 clause

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

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

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