AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

New York Times v. US impact

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause

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

Schenck v. US facts

religion trumps schooling

McDonald v. Chicago question

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

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)

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)

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

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

9:0 for Brown, school segregation violates the equal protection clause

McDonald v. Chicago 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

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

Engel v. Vitale 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

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

Gideon v. Wainwright impact

14th amendment equal protection clause

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

Baker v. Carr ruling 6:2 for Baker, SCOTUS has the power to rule on congressional districts

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Baker v. Carr clause

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

US v. Lopez facts

Baker v. Carr question

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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?

Marbury v. Madison 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?

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

Roe v. Wade question 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 question

Schenck v. US question

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

Gideon v. Wainwright question 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?

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)

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

established supremacy of federal laws and the implied powers of congress

Does redrawing district lines based solely on race violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

religion trumps schooling

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)

Citizens United v. FEC question

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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