AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

McDonald v. Chicago question

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

5:4 for Lopez, the state cannot regulate guns on school property under the commerce 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

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)

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

New York Times v. US impact

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

Schenck v. US question

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

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)

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

New York Times v. US clause

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

US v. Lopez clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Citizens United v. FEC question

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder 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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno question Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

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)

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

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

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

free speech clause

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

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

Brown v. Board of Education facts 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 impact

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)

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

End this game?