AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause

Brown v. Board of Education clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder facts

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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?

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

New York Times v. US ruling

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

Roe v. Wade clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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)

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

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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

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)

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

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

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)

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?

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

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

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

Engel v. Vitale facts

religion trumps schooling

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)

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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)

Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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?

unanimous for Gideon, the right to an attorney applies to felony cases

Commerce Clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

Schenck v. US ruling

New York Times v. US clause

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

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Shaw v. Reno clause

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

End this game?