AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

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

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

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

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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

Marbury v. Madison clause

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright question Does the 6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extend to defendants in state courts, even in cases in which the death penalty is not at issue?

14th amendment equal protection clause

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno impact

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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)

14th amendment equal protection clause

McCulloch v. Maryland clause

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?

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

Marbury v. Madison clause

Gideon v. Wainwright clause 6th amendment, right to an attorney

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)

1st Amendment freedom of speech

Citizens United v. FEC impact

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

McDonald v. Chicago 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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines 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?

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)

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

Citizens United v. FEC question

14th amendment equal protection clause

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