AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Citizens United v. FEC facts BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)

US v. Lopez impact

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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?

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact students have free speech rights, symbolic speech is speech and protected

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Shaw v. Reno facts

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

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)

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?

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Baker v. Carr facts

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

New York Times v. US ruling 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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

New York Times v. US impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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)

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

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)

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?

religion trumps schooling

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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)

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

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)

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

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

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

Schenck v. US impact

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

End this game?