AP Gov Required cases

Question 1

mailing/ sale and distribution of obscene material is not protected under 1st Amendment freedom of speech guarantee

Answer 1

Miller v. California

Question 2

established that the Fifth Amendment applies to police investigations and questioning; Miranda Rights

Answer 2

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 3

Amish claim it is against their religion to force their children to go to school, Courts ruled that it is against their First Amendment freedom of religion, Free Exercise Clause

Answer 3

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 4

• recitation of a nondenominational prayer in public school goes against the Establishment Clause, no prayer in public school

Answer 4

Engel v. Vitale

Question 5

right to marital privacy protects the use of contraceptives

Answer 5

Griswold v. Connecticut

Question 6

established that all evidence obtained in an unwarranted search and seizure was inadmissible as evidence under the Fourth Amendment

Answer 6

Mapp v. Ohio

Question 7

established that the death penalty was cruel and unusual under the 8th Amendment

Answer 7

Furman v. Georgia

Question 8

prohibited the distribution of certain forms of speech that went against the government, in this case, anti-draft leaflets during WWI, Espionage Act

Answer 8

Schenck v. U.S.

Question 9

it is constitutional to incriminate speech that advocates violently overthrowing the government

Answer 9

Gitlow v. New York

Question 10

Prohibiting students’ freedom to express themselves through black armbands in peaceful petition is unconstitutional and violates their First Amendment freedom of expression

Answer 10

Tinker v. Des Moine

Question 11

Burning of a U.S. flag is protected under the First Amendment

Answer 11

Texas v. Johnson

Question 12

Nazi supporters and anti-Semitic people could march in a Jewish village in protest because it is protected under the First Amendment

Answer 12

Nationalist Socialist Party v. Skokie

Question 13

the Fourteenth Amendment allows the Second Amendment right to bear arms to be selectively incorporated to the states

Answer 13

McDonald v. Chicago

Question 14

the death penalty is no longer considered cruel and unusual punishment under certain circumstances, reverses precedent

Answer 14

Greg v. Georgia

Question 15

reversed the Gun-Free School Zones Act as it had nothing to do with the Commerce Clause

Answer 15

U.S. v. Lopez

Question 16

ban on guns unless through specific restrictions is ruled unconstitutional through the Second Amendment

Answer 16

District of Columbia v. Heller

Question 17

Because the publishing of the “Pentagon Papers” did not cause an immediate national threat, it was protected under the First Amendment

Answer 17

NY Times Company v. U.S.