AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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

Citizens United v. FEC ruling 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

Schenck v. US facts

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

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)

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Shaw v. Reno question

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

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

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)

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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?

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

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

a bunch, 9th implied rights, 14th due process especially

Roe v. Wade question

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

US v. Lopez impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Tinker v. Des Moines question

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

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

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

religion trumps schooling

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

New York Times v. US question

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?

Roe v. Wade clause

Tinker v. Des Moines impact

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)

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

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

Marbury V. Madison impact

Marbury v. Madison question Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

Gideon v. Wainwright clause

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

protected freedom of press, government cannot stop printing

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)

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

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

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

McCulloch v. Maryland facts

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)

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

End this game?