AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

Brown v. Board of Education clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Shaw v. Reno ruling

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

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Baker v. Carr question

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)

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 clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

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?

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)

New York Times v. US impact

Engel v. Vitale question

US v. Lopez facts

Brown v. Board of Education impact

McDonald v. Chicago 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?

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

religion trumps schooling

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

free speech clause

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?

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

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

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)

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Shaw v. Reno question

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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?

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?

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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)

End this game?