AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

free speech clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

Roe v. Wade impact

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

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?

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)

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

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)

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

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)

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Baker v. Carr impact

14th amendment equal protection clause

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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

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)

Baker v. Carr question

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling 5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

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?

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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)

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

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

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?

Baker v. Carr ruling

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)

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

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

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright question

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

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

End this game?