AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Shaw v. Reno impact

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

US v. Lopez 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

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Baker v. Carr ruling

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

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

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

Baker v. Carr clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

1st amendment freedom of press

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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

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

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

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Tinker v. Des Moines facts 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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

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?

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

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

Baker v. Carr facts

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

US v. Lopez question

Baker v. Carr ruling

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Roe v. Wade facts

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?

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

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

US v. Lopez facts

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)

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

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

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)

Marbury v. Madison question

Shaw v. Reno 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?

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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