15 court cases

Question 1

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 1

Established national supremacy; established implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax fed. Institution; John Marshall; “the power to tax involves the power to destroy.”

Question 2

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Answer 2

Commerce clause of Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate guns near state-operated schools

Question 3

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Answer 3

Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment’s establishment clause and the 14th Amendment’s due process clause

Question 4

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Answer 4

The Court ruled that Wisconsin could not require Amish parents to send their children to public school beyond the 8th grade because it would violate long-held religious beliefs.

Question 5

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Answer 5

Guaranteed a student’s right to protest (wearing armbands).

Question 6

New York Times v. US (1971)

Answer 6

The Court ruled that freedom of the press is protected

Question 7

Schenk v. United States (1919)

Answer 7

speech creating a “clear and present dagner” is not protected by the 1st Amendment

Question 8

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Answer 8

Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case

Question 9

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Answer 9

Abortion rights fall within the privacy implied in the 14th amendment

Question 10

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Answer 10

Incorporated the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to the states

Question 11

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 11

unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

Question 12

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

Answer 12

Political Spending by corporations

Question 13

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Answer 13

“One man, one vote.” Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population

Question 14

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Answer 14

NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.

Question 15

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Answer 15

Established judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legis. or exec. branch that violates the Constitution