AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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)

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?

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

Schenck v. US facts

Schenck v. US clause

New York Times v. US impact

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Engel v. Vitale facts 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)

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Shaw v. Reno facts

Commerce Clause

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

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)

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

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 ruling

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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?

Schenck v. US question

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

established judicial review

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

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Baker v. Carr question

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Brown v. Board of Education clause

Baker v. Carr ruling

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)

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

Marbury v. Madison 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

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?

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

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

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

US v. Lopez clause

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

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

Roe v. Wade facts

Citizens United v. FEC question

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

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Baker v. Carr facts

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

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

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

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

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?

End this game?