AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling 9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

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

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)

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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

Engel v. Vitale question

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Brown v. Board of Education facts

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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

Roe v. Wade clause

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?

US v. Lopez impact

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?

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)

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

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

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?

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

US v. Lopez 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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

Gideon v. Wainwright question

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

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)

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

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

Commerce Clause

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)

religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

New York Times v. US question can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

established judicial review

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

End this game?