AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

New York Times v. US facts

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

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

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

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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)

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 clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

Baker v. Carr clause

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts 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)

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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

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

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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?

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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?

Baker v. Carr impact

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Schenck v. US clause

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC 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)

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

Roe v. Wade question

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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)

Marbury v. Madison question

Baker v. Carr question

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)

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade facts

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

End this game?