AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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

Schenck v. US impact

5:4 for Shaw, factoring race into redistricting is unconstitutional

Citizens United v. FEC facts BCRA law banned Citizens United from showing an ad they made casting Hilary Clinton in a negative light calling it "electioneering" and thus against the BCRA. Citizens United appealed that the ad fell under their right to free speech and thus the BCRA was unconstitutional (2010)

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?

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?

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

1st Amendment freedom of speech

New York Times v. US question

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

Baker v. Carr facts

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Schenck v. US question

New York Times v. US facts 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)

New York Times v. US clause 1st amendment freedom of press

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

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

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

Schenck v. US ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

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

US v. Lopez impact

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)

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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)

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 impact

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?

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

Engel v. Vitale question

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

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)

Schenck v. US facts

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Schenck v. US impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

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

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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