AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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)

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

free speech clause

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

McDonald v. Chicago 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?

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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

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

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

Baker v. Carr question

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 question

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)

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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

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

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

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?

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

Did Wisconsin's requirement that all parents send their children to school at until age 16 violate the First Amendment's free exercise clause?

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

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)

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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)

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)

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?

Baker v. Carr question

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)

Shaw v. Reno impact

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