AP US GOV COURT CASES (and more)

• What was the doctrine for McDonald v. Chicago

  Selective incorporation
• How was the right to bear arms incorporated into state legislature

  The due process clause of the 14th amendment
• What amendment was applied to the states in Gideon v. Wainwright?

  6th amendment: Right to counsel
• Constitutional issue of Brown v. Board of Education:

  The equal protection clause prohibits segregation based on race because separation creates inherent inequality
• Why was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka chosen to enter the supreme court?

  Because they had separate but equal facilities
• What court case did Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka overturn?

  Plessy v. Ferguson
• What is Title IX?

  A civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activities
• What is front loading?

  The state's tendency to hold caucuses or primaries early in the year
• 26th amendment


  Must be over 18 to participate in elections
• what is rational choice voting?

  Based on the individual's best self-interest
• 24th amendment


  Ended poll tax
• 17th amendment


  established popular election of U.S senators
• The Gun-Free Schools Zone Act was created under

  The commerce clause
• Define establishment clause

  Prohibits the government from "establishing" religion
• Constitution question of Tinker v. Des Moines

  Is symbolic speech protected by the 1st amendment
• NY Times v. United states established

  Prior restraint, in regards to the 1st amendment's freedom of the press
• In Schenk v. United States, was the Espionage Act of 1917 a violation of the 1st amendment?

  No, because it was a time of war
• What doctrine was present in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?

  Separate but equal doctrine
• What did Baker v. Carr establish?

  "One person, one vote": equal representation
• Main idea of Federalist 10

  The violence of factions
• In federalist 10, what is Madison's solutions to factions?

  Remove the cause (which threatens liberty) or control their effects through a republic (competition and population)
• What is Brutus 1 about?

  Confederacy is better than a republic
• What was federalist 51 about?

  Separation of powers and checks and balances
• Iconic theme of Federalist 51


  Men & angels
• What was federalist 70 about?

  The need for a unitary executive
• what was federalist 78 about

  Judicial appointments, terms, and judicial review