AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Engel v. Vitale 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?

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

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

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

McDonald v. Chicago facts

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

US v. Lopez 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)

free speech clause

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

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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)

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)

Marbury V. Madison impact

US v. Lopez facts

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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?

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

US v. Lopez ruling

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?

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

Commerce 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

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

Schenck v. US facts

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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?

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question

End this game?