AP Gov Required Cases jh

Established the Supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCullouch v. Maryland

• US v. Lopez

• New York Times Co. v. United States

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

• United States v. Lopez

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Roe v. Wade

Race based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Baker v. Carr

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• McCullouch v. Maryland

Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges

• Baker v. Carr

• Shaw v. Reno

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Marbury v. Madison

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

• Baker v. Carr

• Shaw v. Reno

• Mc Donald v. Chicago

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Established the principle of Judicial Review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution.

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCullouch v. Maryland

• United States v. Lopez

• Brown v. Board of Education

This case gives meaning to the Necessary and Proper Clause and says that the federal government has powers not expressly listed in the Constitution (i.e. implied powers)

• Marbury v. Madison

• US v. Lopez

• McCullouch v. Maryland

• Roe v. Wade

This case reverses a trend of expanding federal power and limits the government's ability to act pursuant to the Commerce Clause

• Marbury v. Madison

• New York Times v. United States

• Mc Cullouch v. Maryland

• United States v. Lopez

The principle of Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court to...

• Find persons innocent or guilty 
• Limit the number of cases they hear
• Determine if a law is unconstitutional
• Determine who will be the next chief justice

Which situation would likely lead to a civil case?

• A person robs another person at gunpoint
• A person is caught breaking into a house
• A person breaks their leg at a friends house
• A person fails to stop at a red light