AP Gov SCOTUS duel

US v. Lopez ruling

Citizens United v. FEC ruling

Tinker v. Des Moines ruling

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)

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

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

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

Brown v. Board of Education 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)

religion trumps schooling

US v. Lopez facts

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?

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?

Engel v. Vitale impact

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

Marbury V. Madison impact

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

Roe v. Wade ruling

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

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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 clause

Baker v. Carr question Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

Engel v. Vitale clause 1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

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

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

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?

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

McCulloch v. Maryland question Does the federal government have implied powers?

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)

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

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)

McDonald v. Chicago ruling

Baker v. Carr clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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

Shaw v. Reno clause 14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

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

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

states cannot infringe on the right to bear arms

Commerce Clause

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

Can the supreme court rule on issues of legislative districts?

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

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

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

Wisconsin v. Yoder impact religion trumps schooling

McDonald v. Chicago question

Citizens United v. FEC clause

End this game?