AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

established judicial review

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)

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 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?

1st amendment freedom of press

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

US v. Lopez clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Schenck v. US clause

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

McCulloch v. Maryland question

Baker v. Carr 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)

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

Baker v. Carr impact

Baker v. Carr clause

Brown v. Board of Education clause

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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)

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?

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright impact Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Engel v. Vitale impact

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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

End this game?