AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection 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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

McDonald v. Chicago question

US v. Lopez impact

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

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

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

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)

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Engel v. Vitale impact

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

religion trumps schooling

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Citizens United v. FEC facts

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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)

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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?

US v. Lopez question

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)

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

established judicial review

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

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

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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?

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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)

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

Marbury v. Madison question

End this game?