37 Cases

Question 1

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Answer 1

Chief Justice: John Marshall

• Principal of Judicial review
• Gives power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional

Question 2

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 2

Chief Justice:John Marshall

• State action mat not impede valid constitutional rules by the federal government
• prevents state governments from taxing federal governments

Question 3

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Answer 3

Chief Justice: John Marshall

- Congress, under the constitution clause, has the power to regulate navigation

Question 4

Engel v Vitale (1962)

Answer 4

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

• Schools cannot compose official school prayer
• Separation of church and state

Question 5

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963)

Answer 5

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- Establishes public bible readings in school were Un-Constitutional

Question 6

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Answer 6

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

• Allows public schools to reimburse private schools for certain costs in materials
• Laws must have legitimate secular purpose

Question 7

Zelman v Simmons-Harris (2002)

Answer 7

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- 5 part test developed to test whether a law violates the Establishment Clause

Question 8

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Answer 8

Chief Justice: Edward D. White

- People cannot obstruct the draft, and if they do, they will face consequences.

Question 9

New York TImes v. Sullivan (1964)

Answer 9

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

• Actual malice standard
• If they are not aware that it doesn’t affect them, they cannot be charged

Question 10

Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

Answer 10

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- requires equal time and equal coverage in radio stations

Question 11

Miller v. Claifornia

Answer 11

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

• Establishes the Three-prong standard
• Anything considered obscene is considered void of any artistic talent

Question 12

Texas v Johnson (1989)

Answer 12

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- Desecration of an American flag violates the first amendment

Question 13

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

Answer 13

Chief Justice: Charles E. Hughes

- Prohibits restraints from being placed on newspapers for “malicious” or “scandalous” works

Question 14

Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974)

Answer 14

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- Overturned a law would impose newspapers to equally represent both parties or candidates

Question 15

Zurcher v. Stanford (1976)

Answer 15

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
- Private Protection (ensure that seizure of journalism notes could not be done unless the writer is suspected of a crime, or something that could hurt other people

Question 16

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Answer 16

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- Death penalty is considered constitutional if deemed so by the state

Question 17

McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)

Answer 17

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- Death penalty cannot be stopped unless it shows clear signs of racial discrimination.

Question 18

Barron v Baltimore (1833)

Answer 18

Chief Justice: John Marhsall

- Government is not bound by the 5th amendment in compensation cases of eminent domain

Question 19

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

Answer 19

Chief Justice: William H. Taft

- Prevents freedom of speech if it is in clear hopes to overthrow the government

Question 20

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Answer 20

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- Any evidence found in a case that violates the 4th amendment cannot be used in a court

Question 21

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Answer 21

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

-Allows for people without money to be provided an attorney for court

Question 22

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Answer 22

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- Police must inform people of their rights when they interrogate them (Miranda Rights)

Question 23

Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

Answer 23

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- Made abortion a choice to be decided by states, unless they refuse it outright

Question 24

Dred Scott v Sanford (1857)

Answer 24

Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney

• Says that slaves were not meant to be considered citizens
• Congress cannot ban slavery in certain areas

Question 25

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Answer 25

Chief Justice: Melville Fuller

- Seperate but equal law is constitutional

Question 26

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 26

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- Segregation in schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 27

Hernandez v. Texas (1954)

Answer 27

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

-People of all ethnicites will be protected under the equal protection clause

Question 28

Reed v. Reed (1971)

Answer 28

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- administrators of estates cannot discriminate based on sex

Question 29

Craig v. Boren (1976)

Answer 29

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- government must demonstrate any see based criteria to the achievement of important government objectives

Question 30

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Answer 30

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- Forbids universities from taking race into account when admitting people

Question 31

Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1955)

Answer 31

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- Any racial classifications imposed must be analyzed by strict scrutiny, the highest level of supreme court review

Question 32

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Answer 32

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- women can get abortions in states that do not allow it because of the equal protection clause

Question 33

NAACP v. Alabama (1954)

Answer 33

Chief Justice: Earl Warren

- Private organizations run of beliefs cannot be banned as it would violate the 14th amendment

Question 34

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Answer 34

Chief Justice: Harlan F. Stone

- Exclusion order leading to Japanese American interment was constitutional

Question 35

United States v, Nixon (1974)

Answer 35

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger

- States that no one can be above the law, even the president

Question 36

Bush v. Gore (2000)

Answer 36

Chief Justice: William Rehnquist

- Any manual recounts of votes will be considered unconstitutional.