Flashcards AP United States Government and Politics court cases

Supreme Court cases.

McCulloch v. Maryland

made the US Constitution supreme and put federal laws over state laws. created, Necessary and Proper Clause, that says the federal government has powers not listed in the Constitution

United States v. Lopez

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

Engel v. Vitale

School censorship of religious activities and teacher-led/directed prayer violates the Establishment Clause.

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

Tinker v. Des Moines

Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War; protects freedom of speech in schools.

New York Times Co. v. United States

Established a heavy presumption against prior restraint, even in cases involving national security; freedom of the press.

Schenck v. US

Speech creating a clear and present danger is not protected by the First Amendment.

Gideon v. Wainwright

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent.

Roe v. Wade

Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion.

McDonald v. Chicago

The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states.

Brown v. Board of Education

Racial segregation in schools violates the Equal Protection Clause.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

Baker v. Carr

equal protection challenges, developed the one-person, one-vote doctrine.

Shaw v. Reno

Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race may not be the sole rationale behind redistricting decisions.

Marbury v. Madison

created judicial review, caused the Supreme Court to nullify acts from legislative or executive branchs that violate the Constitution.

United States v. Lopez

Stoped the expanding of federal power, limited government's ability to follow Commerce Clause

Brown v. Board of Education

Overturned the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.