AP Gov SCOTUS duel

New York Times v. US question

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

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

Schenck v. US facts

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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 clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

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?

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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

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)

Schenck v. US question

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

Baker v. Carr question

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Roe v. Wade ruling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce 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)

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland clause 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?

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

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?

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

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

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)

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

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

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

End this game?