AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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)

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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)

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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)

US v. Lopez ruling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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?

established judicial review

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

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

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)

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

5:4 for Citizens United, political ads by corporations/nonprofits are protected under free speech, giving money to a campaign doesn't necessarily mean that they will be biased towards you

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)

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?

Engel v. Vitale clause

7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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?

Shaw v. Reno question

14th amendment equal protection clause

Engel v. Vitale impact

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 ruling

McDonald v. Chicago ruling 5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

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)

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

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago facts 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)

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Baker v. Carr impact

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

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

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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?

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

New York Times v. US ruling

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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

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

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

End this game?