AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Shaw v. Reno question

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

Engel v. Vitale ruling

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Roe v. Wade clause a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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

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)

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)

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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

6th amendment, right to an attorney

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

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)

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

Roe v. Wade question

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

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)

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Roe v. Wade 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)

Baker v. Carr impact

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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

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

Marbury v. Madison question

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?

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

New York Times v. US facts

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

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)

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?

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

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

Roe v. Wade facts

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

Schenck v. US facts 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)

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

End this game?