AP Gov SCOTUS duel

Roe v. Wade 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?

Commerce Clause

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

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?

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)

Marbury V. Madison impact established judicial review

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

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?

Shaw v. Reno question

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

Roe v. Wade ruling 7:2 for Roe, women have the right to an abortion

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

14th amendment equal protection clause

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?

Schenck v. US facts

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

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

Do the plaintiffs have a right to their commissions?

1st Amendment freedom of speech

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)

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

religion trumps schooling

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

Brown v. Board of Education question Do state school segregation laws violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment?

New York Times v. US clause

Shaw v. Reno ruling

Gideon v. Wainwright ruling

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

Citizens United v. FEC facts

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

McDonald v. Chicago question Does the 2nd Amendment apply to state and local governments through the 14th Amendment's due process clause and thus prevent states from banning gun ownership?

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

Schenck v. US facts 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)

Baker v. Carr question

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

Marbury v. Madison ruling

1st Amendment Establishment Clause

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

Marbury v. Madison clause appellate jurisdiction clause of Article III

Baker v. Carr facts

Brown v. Board of Education question

Baker v. Carr 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)

New York Times v. US impact

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

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?

Engel v. Vitale ruling

US v. Lopez clause Commerce Clause

Roe v. Wade question

Extended the right of privacy to a woman's right to an abortion

Marbury v. Madison ruling

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 impact limited commerce clause, lessened federal power

Wisconsin v. Yoder clause 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause

End this game?