AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Engel v. Vitale question

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC facts

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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 clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Roe v. Wade facts

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

New York Times v. US impact

Baker v. Carr facts

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

US v. Lopez question

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

free speech clause

New York Times v. US 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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

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)

Roe v. Wade ruling

1st Amendment 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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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)

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

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)

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Citizens United v. FEC question Does a law that limits the ability of corporations and labor unions to spend their own money to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech?

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Engel v. Vitale question

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

Roe v. Wade question

Schenck v. US impact

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

Shaw v. Reno question

Roe v. Wade facts

Schenck v. US clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

US v. Lopez impact

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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)

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)

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

End this game?