AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

US v. Lopez question Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

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)

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

free speech clause

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

US v. Lopez clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Brown v. Board of Education impact

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

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

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

1st Amendment freedom of speech

McCulloch v. Maryland question

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

New York Times v. US question

Marbury v. Madison ruling

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

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

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

religion trumps schooling

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Citizens United v. FEC impact used as precedent to declare the cap on campaign funding unconstitutional, now money=free speech

Roe v. Wade question

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

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

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)

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?

6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

Engel v. Vitale impact School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

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

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

End this game?