AP Gov SCOTUS cases

specific what amendment went to each case and the question

McCulloch v. Maryland

Art 1 Section 8: Necessary and Proper Clause

Art. 6: Supremacy Clause

Did Congress have the authority to est. a national bank?

U.S. v. Lopez

Art. 1: Commerce Clause

Is the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’ power under the Commerce Clause?

Engel v. Vitale

First Amendment: Establishment Clause

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

Wisconsin v. Yonder

First Amendment: Free Exercise Clause

Did Wisconsin’s requirement that all parents send their children to school at least until the age of 16 violate the First Amendment by criminalizing the conduct of parents who refused to send their children to school for religious reasons?

Tinker v. Des Moines

First Amend: Symbolic Speech

Did the school’s prohibition to black armbands violate the student’s right to free speech, protected by the first amend?

New York Times v. US

First Amend: Prior Restraint/ Freedom of the Press

Did the Nixon administration’s efforts to prevent the publication of what it termed “classified information” violate the first amend?

Schneck v. US

First Amend: Free Speech

Did Schneck’s conviction for urging the public to resist the draft violate his First Amend. rights to free speech?

Gideon V. Wainwright

6th Amend: Right to Council

14th Amend: Equal Protection

Does the 6th Amend’s right to a council in criminal cases extend to felony defendants in state courts?

McDonald v. Chicago

2nd Amend

14th Amend: Due Process

Does the 2nd Amend apply to the states by the means of the 14th Amend?

Brown V. Board of Education

14th Amend: Equal Protection Clause

Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend?

Citizens United v. FEC

1st Amend

Baker V. Carr

14th Amend: Equal Protection Clause

Did the C have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment?

Shaw V. Reno

14th Amend: Equal Protection Clause

Did the North Carolina resident’s claim, that the state created a racially gerrymandered district, raise a valid constitutional issue under the 14th Amend’s Equal Protection Clause?

Marbury V. Madison

Art. 3, Section 2: issue of the court’s authority

1) Do the plaintiffs have a right to receive their commissions?

2) Can they sue for their commissions in court?

3) Does the SC have the authority to order the delivery of their commissions?