AP Gov SCOTUS duel

US v. Lopez clause Commerce 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)

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?

Schenck v. US clause

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

overruled "sperate but equal" (from Plessy v. Ferguson) and gave legal precedent for desegregation

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?

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

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

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 question

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

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

McCulloch v. Maryland facts Maryland tried to tax federal banks in the state, McCulloch, the chief cashier in the Baltimore branch refused to pay. the state sued. (1819)

Brown v. Board of Education question

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

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment 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 impact

7:0 for Yoder, forcing people to go to school despite a religious disagreement violated the free exercise clause

Baker v. Carr impact establishes One Person-One Vote principle which expands the rights of minorities

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

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

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

Schenck v. US question

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

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

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

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)

McCulloch v. Maryland impact

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

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

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

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

Citizens United v. FEC clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

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

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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)

US v. Lopez ruling

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

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

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

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

Wisconsin v. Yoder question

End this game?