AP GOPO Scotus Cases 11-15

FACTS:

North Carolina's attempt at apportionment in 1990, to draw district lines for the House of Representatives, was challenged as racially motivated gerrymandering. The newly created district was, in parts, no wider than the interstate road along which it stretched.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

FACTS:

A High School senior brought a gun to his school in Texas. He was brought to court under Federal Law, the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. The Federal Law was created by Congress using the Commerce Clause from Article I, Section 08.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

FACTS:

Students decided to protest the Vietnam War by wearing armbands with the peace symbol on them. Students who wore the armbands were asked to remove them and if they refused, the student would be suspended. The students sued the school district for suppression of speech

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

FACTS:

Members of the Old Order Amish religion were prosecuted under a Wisconsin law that required all children to attend public schools until age 16. The three parents refused to send their children to such schools after the eighth grade, arguing that high school attendance was contrary to their religious beliefs.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Constitution

Commerce Clause

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Constitution

14th Amendment

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Constitution (2)

1st Amendment

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Constitution (1)

1st Amendment (religion)

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Constitution (1)

1st Amendment (speech)

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question?

Did the North Carolina residents' claim, that the State created a racially gerrymandered district, raise a valid constitutional issue under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

• Shaw v. Reno

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder