Supreme Court Cases AP GOV

1st Amendment

100

This case found that it violated the first amendment with school sponsorship of religious activities

Engel V Vitale

200

This case determined students had the right to free speech in schools

Tinker v Des Moines 

300

This case found free speech was not protected when it creates "a clear and present danger"

Schenck v US

400

This case found political spending by corporations and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the 1st amendment.

Citizens United v FEC

500

This case found that requiring Amish students to attend school after 8th grade was a violation of the first amendment

Wisconsin v Yoder

Equal Rights

100

This case found that school segregation violated the 14th amdendment

Brown V Board of Education

200

This case found that legislative redistricting must take race into account and comply with the Voting Rights act of 1965

Shaw v Reno

300

This case established equal protections challenges to redistricting and "one person, one vote" principle

Baker v Carr

400

Upheld equal protections in court, as it guaranteed the right to an attorney, even if one was poor 

Gideon v Wainwright

500

This case was argued in 1952 and reargued in 1953, finally coming to a decision in May of 1954

Brown v Board 

Constitutionality

100

Ways to amend the Constitution. 

An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

200

This case established the principle of Judicial Review

Marbury v Madison

300

This case established the Supremacy of the Constitution and federal laws over state laws

McCulloch v Maryland

400

This case overturned the The Gun Free School Zones Act as it was unconstitutional.

United States v Lopez

500

Free Exercise Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Clauses

100

This case establish the supremacy clause

McCulloch v Maryland

200

This case overturned The Gun Free School Zones act with the Commerce Clause

United States v Lopez

300

This case upheld the establishment clause in response to religious activities in school

Engel v Vitale

400

This case upheld the equal protections clause to dispel school segregation

Brown v Board

500

this case found that it violated the establishment cause to require Amish students to come to school after the 8th grade

Wisconsin v Yoder

Miscellaneous

100

This case guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor, even in a state strial

Gideon v Wainwright

200

this case reinforced freedom of the press with protections against prior restraint, even in cases of national security

New York Times v United States

300

This case incorporated the Second Amendment's right to bear and keep arms to the states

McDonald v Chicago

400

This case was instrumental to establishing checks and balances, especially in judicial review

Marbury v Madison

500

This case was overturned 49 years later, and the right of the decision was given to the states

Roe v Wade