AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

Under the commerce clause, does congress have the power to regulate guns near schools?

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)

Baker v. Carr question

New York Times v. US facts

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

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

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

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

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

Citizens United v. FEC clause

Brown v. Board of Education question

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?

Marbury v. Madison ruling

McCulloch v. Maryland question

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

Roe v. Wade question

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 facts

Baker v. Carr facts

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

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

US v. Lopez ruling

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

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Citizens United v. FEC clause

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)

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

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

Marbury V. Madison impact

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?

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

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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)

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

US v. Lopez question

Baker v. Carr impact

End this game?