AP Gov SCOTUS duel

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)

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

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Citizens United v. FEC impact

Roe v. Wade facts

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

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

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

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?

Engel v. Vitale question

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

Baker v. Carr impact

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

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?

Gideon v. Wainwright 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?

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling 7:2 for Tinker, symbolic speech is protected under freedom of speech, students have free speech rights

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

Brown v. Board of Education impact

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

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

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

New York Times v. US question

Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

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)

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

Engel v. Vitale clause

Roe v. Wade impact

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

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

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

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

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

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)

14th amendment equal protection 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)

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

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

New York Times v. US question

Shaw v. Reno clause

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

Citizens United v. FEC clause 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?

5:4 for McDonald, the right to bear arms applies to the states

Wisconsin v. Yoder ruling

established judicial review

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

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

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)

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

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

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