AP Gov court cases and required documents

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

The first case in which the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated a law passed by Congress- declared it unconstitutional + established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Court to overrule both state and federal laws.

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of the 1st amendment’s Establishment Clause

Wisconsin v Yoder, 1972

The court ruled that Wisconsin could not require Amish parents to send their children to public schools beyond the 8th grade because it would violate their long-held religious beliefs.

US. v Lopez, 1995

Commerce Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate guns near state-operated schools

Schenck v U.S. 1919

Allows limits to speech based on the “clear and present danger” principle. The Court held that the Espionage Act did not violate the First Amendment and was an appropriate exercise of Congress’s wartime authority.

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Public school students may wear armbands to class to protest America’s war in Vietnam, so long as such displays don't interrupt class. sided with the tinker

New York Times v US 1971

The President tries to suspend the Times' publication of classified information in its possession. The question before the court was whether the constitutional freedom of the press under the First Amendment was subordinate to the executive's claim of a need to maintain secrecy. Ruled in favor of the New York Times and gave them the right to print said material.

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Chicago issued a gun ban and it brought the question of incorporating the 2nd amendment right to bear arms in the States. Due process clause of the 14th amendment extends the 2nd amendments right to bear arms

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

extends to the defendant the right of counsel in all state and federal criminal trials, regardless of their ability to pay,( right to a lawyer) 6th amendment