AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

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 impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Schenck v. US ruling

New York Times v. US facts

Baker v. Carr impact

Baker v. Carr ruling

Brown v. Board of Education facts

Brown v. Board of Education question

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

1st amendment freedom of press

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?

US v. Lopez facts

Gideon v. Wainwright question

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

Roe v. Wade clause

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

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

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

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

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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

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?

New York Times v. US question

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

Tinker v. Des Moines clause

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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

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

School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause

US v. Lopez impact

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Roe v. Wade ruling

New York Times v. US 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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

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

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)

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

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)

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

Shaw v. Reno impact claims of racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny. laws that results in classification by race must have a compelling state interest or a clear 14th amendment violation

Baker v. Carr question

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

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

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

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?

Baker v. Carr ruling

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)

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)

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

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)

End this game?