AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Commerce Clause

Schenck v. US clause

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

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)

Does the federal government have implied powers?

established judicial review

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

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Roe v. Wade question

Baker v. Carr question

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

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?

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?

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

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?

free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno impact

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

established judicial review

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

Schenck v. US facts

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)

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Engel v. Vitale 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)

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

New York Times v. US clause

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

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?

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)

Schenck v. US question

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

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

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