AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Tinker v. Des Moines question 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?

Tinker v. Des Moines facts

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

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)

Schenck v. US clause 1st Amendment freedom of speech

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact

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)

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

McDonald v. Chicago impact

Brown v. Board of Education clause

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

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

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)

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

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

Gideon v. Wainwright facts Gideon was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)

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?

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

necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

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

Roe v. Wade facts

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

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)

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Tinker v. Des Moines clause free speech clause

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

McCulloch v. Maryland ruling

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Does the Texas laws banning abortions violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and a woman's constitutional right to an abortion?

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 question

limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

New York Times v. US clause

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

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

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 was convicted for a felony in florida where there were no state laws protecting right to an attorney. in prison he researched law and sued citing violations of his 6th amendment rights (1963)

Brown v. Board of Education ruling

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Does the federal government have implied powers?

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)

Roe v. Wade impact

1st Amendment Free Exercise 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

2nd Amendment right to bear arms, 14th amendment due process clause

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