AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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 impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Marbury v. Madison question

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)

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)

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)

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

Commerce Clause

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

necessary and proper clause and supremacy 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?

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

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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?

New York Times v. US facts

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

Baker v. Carr clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

Baker v. Carr ruling

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

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

Engel v. Vitale question

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

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?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Shaw v. Reno 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)

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Shaw v. Reno facts

Schenck v. US ruling

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

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