Court cases

Question 1

Marbury v Madison

Answer 1

Supreme court can declare laws unconstitutional

Question 2

McColloch v Maryland

Answer 2

States can’t tax federal institutions

Question 3

Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 3

Federal govt controls interstate commerce

Question 4

Barron v Baltimore

Answer 4

The bill of rights only applies to the federal government

Question 5

Sherbert v verner

Answer 5

States cannot deny benefits for someone refusing a job based on religious beliefs(four pronged test)

Question 6

Lemon v Kurtzman

Answer 6

The lemon test(does a law promote a religion)

Question 7

Burwell v Hobby Lobby

Answer 7

For profit companies can deny contraceptives if it violates religious beliefs

Question 8

Gillette v United States

Answer 8

Conscientious objector

Question 9

Tinker v Des moines

Answer 9

Students were suspended for wearing black arm bands, violating freedom of speech

Question 10

Cohen v California

Answer 10

A man wore a jacket that protested the draft, he was arrested violating freedom of speech

Question 11

Brandenburg v Ohio

Answer 11

Court held that hate speech is protected under the First Amendment as long as it does not provoke violence.

Question 12

Texas v Johnson

Answer 12

Freedom of speech includes burning the american flag

Question 13

New York Times v United States

Answer 13

The press could not be suppressed unless it could cause immediate harm

Question 14

Brazburg v Hayes

Answer 14

Requiring news agencies to disclose sources does not violate freedom of speech

Question 15

Miller v California

Answer 15

A test for obscenity “the miller test”

Question 16

Mapp v Ohio

Answer 16

Evidence obtained without a warrent could not be used in a court case

Question 17

Gideon v Wainwright

Answer 17

Right to an attorney under the 6th amendment

Question 18

Miranda v Arizona

Answer 18

Rights must be read to anyone under arrest

Question 19

Furman v Georgia

Answer 19

Guidelines for capital punishment based on the 8th amendment

Question 20

Heller v Districts of Columbia

Answer 20

The ban of handguns in DC was declared unconstitutional

Question 21

US v Miller

Answer 21

Upheld the law banning sawed off shotguns

Question 22

Dred Scott v Sanford

Answer 22

A slave living in a free state did not make them free

Question 23

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 23

Segregation laws did not violate the equal protection principle

Question 24

Brown v board of education

Answer 24

Segregated schools were deemed to be illegal and unconstitutional

Question 25

Miller v Johnson

Answer 25

Racial gerrymandering was deemed unconstitutional

Question 26

Korematsu v United States

Answer 26

Moving Japanese Americans to internment camps was deemed legal as a necessary precaution

Question 27

Obergefell v Hodges

Answer 27

Legalized same sex marriage

Question 28

Griswold v Connecticut

Answer 28

Spelled out the right to privacy

Question 29

Roe v Wade

Answer 29

Abortion was legalized

Question 30

Planned parenthood v Casey

Answer 30

Upheld a Pennsylvania law requiring certain rules be met before terminating a pregnancy

Question 31

Buckley v Valeo

Answer 31

Spending money in an election was deemed free speech

Question 32

Citizens united v Federel election commission

Answer 32

Showing movies about elections is okay because of 1st amendment