AP Gov SCOTUS duel

McDonald v. Chicago impact

New York Times v. US clause

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

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

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?

Baker v. Carr question

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

McCulloch v. Maryland clause necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

US v. Lopez question

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 impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

New York Times v. US ruling

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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?

McDonald v. Chicago facts

can the executive branch block the publication of classified government documents without violating the first amendment freedom of press clause?

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?

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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?

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

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

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question

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

McDonald v. Chicago clause

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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)

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

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

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

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

US v. Lopez ruling

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

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

Baker v. Carr question

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)

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

Baker v. Carr impact

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

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?

End this game?