AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

Shaw v. Reno impact 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

established judicial review

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Marbury v. Madison ruling

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Baker v. Carr clause

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Schenck v. US impact

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 ruling

free speech clause

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

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

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

New York Times v. US facts

Schenck v. US clause

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?

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno impact

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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)

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

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?

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection 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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

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

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 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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines question

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago facts 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)

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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