AP US GOV Supreme Court Cases

United States V. Lopez

Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime.

Schneck V. United States

Speech creating a “clear or present danger” is not protected.

Engel V. Vitale

Schools cannot sponsor religious activities.

McDonald V. Chicago

Right to keep and bear arms for self-defense applies to the states.

New York Times V. United States

Establishes a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.

McCulloch V. Maryland

The federal government can charter a bank due to the necessary and proper clause and a state cannot tax a federally chartered bank due to the supremacy clause.

Wisconsin V. Yoder

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade is unconstitutional.

Gideon V. Wainwright

The 6th amendment right to counsel is selectively incorporated.

Brown V. Board of Education

Reversed the ruling in Plessy V. Ferguson; “separate but equal” is unconstitutional.

Tinker V. Des Moines

Wearing black armbands to protest a war in symbolic speech is protected by the 1st amendment.