AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

US v. Lopez question

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 ruling

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

New York Times v. US impact 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)

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Engel v. Vitale clause

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?

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

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

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

Baker v. Carr clause

Schenck v. US ruling

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)

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

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

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

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)

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?

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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)

Baker v. Carr ruling

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

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?

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)

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

Marbury v. Madison question

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Roe v. Wade clause

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

Baker v. Carr facts

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Shaw v. Reno question

End this game?