AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Roe v. Wade question

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Engel v. Vitale ruling

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Commerce Clause

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

Engel v. Vitale facts Public schools in New York began the school day by having students to recite a nondenominational prayer each morning. Engel, a parent at the school sued the district for violating the establishment clause (1962)

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

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

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?

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

New York Times v. US clause

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

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

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?

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)

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

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

New York Times v. US impact

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts 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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Baker v. Carr ruling

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Schenck v. US question

Brown v. Board of Education facts 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

Engel v. Vitale ruling

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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?

New York Times v. US clause

Roe v. Wade facts

Baker v. Carr clause

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

Schenck v. US clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

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 question

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

Baker v. Carr impact

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

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago facts

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

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)

End this game?