AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale clause

Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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)

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

New York Times v. US facts

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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

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)

Baker v. Carr impact

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago question Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

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?

Commerce Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Shaw v. Reno question

Shaw v. Reno facts

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

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)

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?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Marbury V. Madison 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

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

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)

Brown v. Board of Education impact

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Brown v. Board of Education facts

students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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