AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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?

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)

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

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?

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

Roe v. Wade question

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

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)

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)

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Shaw v. Reno impact

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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?

1st amendment freedom of press

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)

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

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

Brown v. Board of Education question

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

6th amendment, right to an attorney

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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

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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Schenck v. US impact

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Baker v. Carr clause

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

End this game?