1. AP Gov Test - Supreme Court Cases
Pagan and Patriot

2. Established supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws.
McCulloch v. Maryland

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

4. School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause.
Engel v. Vitale

5. Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the free exercise clause.
Wisconsin v. Yoder

6. Public school students could wear armbands in a school to protest the Vietnam War.
Tinker v. Des Moines

7. Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.
NY Times v. US

8. Speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment.
Schenck v. US

9. Guaranteed the right to an attorney to the poor or indigent.
Gideon v. Wainwright

10. Extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.
Roe v. Wade

11. States may prohibit speech having a tendency to cause danger to public safety.
Gitlow v. NY

12. The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self- defense is applicable to states.
McDonald v. Chicago

13. Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Ed. I

14. Declared racial discrimination in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Ed II

15. Corporate funding of independent political ads in candidate elections cannot be limited under the 1st amendment.
Citizens United v FEC

16. “One man, one vote”. Ordered state legislative districts to be as equal as possible in population.
Baker v Carr

17. No racial gerrymandering.
Shaw v Reno

18. 1st amendment protects campaign spending
1st amendment protects campaign spending. Legislatures can limit contributions but not how much one spends on his or her own campaign.
Buckley v Valeo