15 Case Summaries for AP Govt &
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15 Case Summaries for AP Govt & Politics Contents Baker v. Carr (1962) ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) ..................................................................................................... 7
Citizens United v. FEC (2010) .......................................................................................................................... 12
Engel v. Vitale (1962) ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) .............................................................................................................................. 23
Marbury v. Madison (1803) ................................................................................................................................ 27
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)............................................................................................................................ 31
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) ................................................................................................................... 35
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) ..................................................................................................... 40
Roe v. Wade (1973) ............................................................................................................................................ 46
Schenck v. United States (1919) .......................................................................................................................... 52
Shaw v. Reno (1993) ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) ................................................................. 61
United States v. Lopez (1995) ............................................................................................................................. 65
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)................................................................................................................................... 69