ap gov required court cases

ap gov unit 2

engel v vitale

• NY required public school teachers to lead students in short non-denominational voluntary prayer at start of school day

• establishment clause 1st amendment

wisconsin v yoder

• WI law required children to attend school until 16 but amish wanted 14 year olds at home to study bible and farm train

• free exercise clause 1st amendment

citizens united v federal election commision

• BCRA applied restrictions to electioneering communications (public broadcasting) and prevented unions from using general funds, think hillary 2008 movie

• freedom of speech 1st amendment

tinker v des moines

• students wore black arm bands to school to protest vietnam war

• free speech clause 1st amendment

shenck v united states

• espionage act of 1917 made it illegal to urge resistance to draft and prohibited distribution of anti war leaflets

• free speech clause 1st amendment

new york times co. v united states

• NYT and washington post leaked excerpts of top secret study on vietam war involvement

• freedom of the press 1st amendment

gideon v wainwright

• The Court ruled that states must provide an attorney to defendants who cannot afford one in criminal cases, because the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel is fundamental and is incorporated by the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause.

• 6th amendment right to counsel

mcdonald v chicago

• chicagos handgun ban was unconstitutional because it violated 2nd amendment (right to bear arms) incorporated to states via 14th amendment

• 2nd amendment

brown v board of education

• students of color denied admittance to public schools due to laws making education segregated

• equal protection clause of 14th amendment

plessy v ferguson

plessy arrested for sitting in whites only car after louisiana passed law requiring separate railway for blacks and whites. holding said it violated 14th amendment epc clause