court cases Flashcards
(20 cards)
Which case established the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review?
A. Gibbons v. Ogden
B. Marbury v. Madison
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. United States v. Nixon
B. Marbury v. Madison
Which decision confirmed Congress’s implied powers under the Necessary & Proper Clause and barred a state from taxing the national bank?
A. Dred Scott v. Sandford
B. McCulloch v. Maryland
C. Schenck v. United States
D. United States v. Lopez
B. McCulloch v. Maryland
Which case gave Congress exclusive authority over interstate commerce, striking down a New York steamboat monopoly?
A. Gibbons v. Ogden
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Brown v. Board of Education
D. Bush v. Gore
A. Gibbons v. Ogden
Which ruling said enslaved people (and their descendants) could not be citizens and voided the Missouri Compromise?
A. Korematsu v. United States
B. Dred Scott v. Sandford
C. Roe v. Wade
D. Mapp v. Ohio
B. Dred Scott v. Sandford
Which case upheld state segregation laws under the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine?
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke
D. Texas v. Johnson
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
Which WWI‑era case created the ‘clear and present danger’ test limiting speech?
A. Tinker v. Des Moines
B. Schenck v. United States
C. New York Times v. U.S.
D. Citizens United v. FEC
B. Schenck v. United States
Which decision approved Japanese‑American internment during WWII?
A. Korematsu v. United States
B. United States v. Lopez
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Marbury v. Madison
A. Korematsu v. United States
Which ruling declared segregated public schools inherently unequal, overruling Plessy?
A. Schenck v. United States
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke
D. Bush v. Gore
B. Brown v. Board of Education
Which case applied the exclusionary rule to the states, banning use of illegally seized evidence in state courts?
A. Miranda v. Arizona
B. Mapp v. Ohio
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Marbury v. Madison
B. Mapp v. Ohio
Which decision guaranteed state‑appointed counsel for felony defendants who cannot afford an attorney?
A. Gideon v. Wainwright
B. United States v. Nixon
C. Texas v. Johnson
D. New York Times v. U.S.
A. Gideon v. Wainwright
Which ruling requires police to advise suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation?
A. Mapp v. Ohio
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Schenck v. United States
B. Miranda v. Arizona
Which case protected student symbolic speech (black armbands) absent substantial disruption?
A. Tinker v. Des Moines
B. Citizens United v. FEC
C. Bush v. Gore
D. United States v. Lopez
A. Tinker v. Des Moines
Which decision barred prior restraint of the Pentagon Papers, favoring a free press?
A. Texas v. Johnson
B. New York Times v. United States
C. United States v. Nixon
D. Marbury v. Madison
B. New York Times v. United States
Which landmark case recognized a constitutional right to abortion (later modified/overturned by Dobbs, but still tested for its 1973 holding)?
A. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke
B. Roe v. Wade
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. Dred Scott v. Sandford
B. Roe v. Wade
Which Watergate‑era ruling limited executive privilege and forced release of taped conversations?
A. Citizens United v. FEC
B. United States v. Nixon
C. Bush v. Gore
D. United States v. Lopez
B. United States v. Nixon
Which case struck down rigid racial quotas but allowed race as one factor in college admissions?
A. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Plessy v. Ferguson
D. Texas v. Johnson
A. Regents of U.C. v. Bakke
Which ruling held that flag burning is protected First‑Amendment symbolic speech?
A. Schenck v. United States
B. Texas v. Johnson
C. Tinker v. Des Moines
D. New York Times v. U.S.
B. Texas v. Johnson
Which case limited Congress’s Commerce Clause power, striking the Gun‑Free School Zones Act?
A. Gibbons v. Ogden
B. United States v. Lopez
C. Citizens United v. FEC
D. McCulloch v. Maryland
B. United States v. Lopez
Which decision effectively resolved the 2000 presidential election by stopping Florida’s recount?
A. Bush v. Gore
B. United States v. Nixon
C. Marbury v. Madison
D. Roe v. Wade
A. Bush v. Gore
Which case lifted limits on independent corporate and union political spending, treating it as protected speech?
A. Schenck v. United States
B. Citizens United v. FEC
C. Tinker v. Des Moines
D. United States v. Lopez
B. Citizens United v. FEC
