Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 1

{Brown} Separate schools are not equal

Question 2

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Answer 2

{Engel} School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment

Question 3

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Answer 3

{Gideon} Indigent defendants must be provided representation without charge aka free public defenders

Question 4

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Answer 4

{Roe} The right to privacy extends to a woman’s right to have an abortion

Question 5

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Answer 5

{Madison} Established the doctrine of judicial review

Question 6

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 6

{Maryland} The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers

Question 7

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Answer 7

{Tinker} Students do not leave their rights at the schoolhouse door (armband protest)

Question 8

McDonald v Chicago (2010)

Answer 8

{McDonald} the Second amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states

Question 9

Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)

Answer 9

{Citizens United} Political spending by corporations, associations and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment

Question 10

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Answer 10

{Baker} Redistricting equal protection of the challenges and ruled “one person, one vote”

Question 11

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Answer 11

{Shaw} Majority-Minority districts, created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, may be constitutionally challenged on race.

Question 12

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Answer 12

{Schenck} Speech creating “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment

Question 13

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Answer 13

{Yoder} Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade, violation of free exercise clause

Question 14

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Answer 14

{Lopez} Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime

Question 15

New York Times Co v. United States (1971)

Answer 15

{NYT} freedom of the press against prior restraint in cases of national security

Question 16

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

Answer 16

{Johnson} Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendemnt

Question 17

Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser (1987)

Answer 17

{Fraser} Students do not have a First Amendment right to make obscene speeches in school

Question 18

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Answer 18

{Mapp} Illegally obtained material cannot be used in a criminal trial

Question 19

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Answer 19

{Miranda} Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning

Question 20

New Jersey v. T.L.O (1985)

Answer 20

{NJ} Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school