AP Gov SCOTUS Cases (Units 1 and 2)

just like buzzwords to help remember each

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Establish judicial review

Engle v. Vitale (1962)

Voluntary school-sponsered prayer time

• Establishment Clause (in schools)

Schenck v. US (1919)

Violation of Espionage Act (WWI draft)

• Free speech

TInker v. Des Moines (1969)

Freedom of speech/expression not shed at the school gates

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

2nd National Bank

• Supremacy + Necessary and Proper Clause (implied powers)

US v. Lopez (1995)

FIrearms are not commerce, therefore not controlled by Fed. government

• Up to state to regulate

Baker v. Carr (1962)

One person, one vote

• Redistricting

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Gerrymandering

• “Bizzarely" shaped districts

NY Times Co. v. US (1971)

Pentagon Papers

• Freedom of the press

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Interstate commerce = Fed. power

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

burning flag = symbolic speech

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Lemon Test (evaluate religious establishment)