AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

Baker v. Carr facts

Schenck v. US question

religion trumps schooling

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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)

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Marbury v. Madison question

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

Shaw v. Reno question

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)

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

Baker v. Carr clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

Baker v. Carr impact

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

Schenck v. US facts

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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?

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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

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

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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?

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale facts

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade clause

New York Times v. US impact

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

End this game?