AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Brown v. Board of Education impact overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

Engel v. Vitale question

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

US v. Lopez clause

Brown v. Board of Education clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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)

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

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

Schenck v. US facts

Gideon v. Wainwright question

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

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 impact protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

religion trumps schooling

Brown v. Board of Education facts

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Shaw v. Reno clause

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

14th amendment equal protection clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

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)

Engel v. Vitale ruling 6:1 for Engel, since it was a public school, it does violate the establishment clause

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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

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

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)

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?

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)

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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?

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)

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education facts

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

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Shaw v. Reno ruling

End this game?