AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Citizens United v. FEC question

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)

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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

6th amendment, right to an attorney

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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)

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?

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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)

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

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

religion trumps schooling

14th amendment equal protection clause

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 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?

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)

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Shaw v. Reno clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

free speech clause

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

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?

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

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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?

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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)

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?

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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 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)

Shaw v. Reno question

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

US v. Lopez impact

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

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

End this game?