Court Cases

Question 1

A man was arrested in his home because of connections in kidnapping and rape. They interrogated him for 2 hours, but his defense attorney argued that his 5th amendment right was violated.

Answer 1

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 2

A man was mailing porn to random mailboxes. Is this protected under the first amendment right?

Answer 2

Miller v. California

Question 3

Parents argued that they didn’t want to send their kids to school because of their religious beliefs.

Answer 3

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 4

A public school held a short prayer at the beginning of the school day. The Supreme court said that public schools cannot hold prayer because it goes against the Establishment Clause.

Answer 4

Engel v. Vitale

Question 5

A movie was shown that would help a campaign, and people believed this violated their First Amendment.

Answer 5

Citizens United v. FEC

Question 6

Two doctors opened up a planned parenthood clinic and wanted to challenge their 14th amendment.

Answer 6

Griswold v. Connecticut

Question 7

A woman’s house was raided by a fake warrant and the police found illegal obscene materials.

Answer 7

Mapp v. Ohio

Question 8

A man was burglarizing a home when he tripped on a gun and it went off, killing a resident of the home. Was the death penalty a violation of the 8th amendment?
(Cruel and Unjust punishment)

Answer 8

Furman v. Georgia

Question 9

At the start of World War 1, people were disobeying the draft and burned the draft cards.

Answer 9

Schenck v. U.S.

Question 10

A man was arrested for publicly trying to establish socialism through strikes and other violent ways.

Answer 10

Gitlow v. New York

Question 11

A group of students wore black armbands for truce in the Vietnam War, but the school made them take them off.

Answer 11

Tinker v. Des Moines

Question 12

A man burned the American Flag in front of Dallas City Hall and was arrested.

Answer 12

Texas v. Johnson

Question 13

The Nazi party of America wanted to hold a parade in a Jewish town and neighborhood. The state of Illinois denied the request.

Answer 13

NSP v. Skokie

Question 14

Several Suits were filed challenging a gun ban. This involved the second amendment applying to the 14th amendment with the state gun laws.

Answer 14

McDonald v. Chicago

Question 15

This was a case about if the death penalty was in violation of the 5th amendment, cruel and unjust punishment.

Answer 15

Gregg v. Georgia

Question 16

A kid brought a gun to school, and he was charged with a law about no weapons on school premises.

Answer 16

U.S. v. Lopez

Question 17

A man was denied of purchasing a handgun because of state law, and the court ruled that this violated his second amendment right.

Answer 17

District of Columbia v. Heller

Question 18

President Nixon was mad about an article posting the “pentagon papers” and wanted the article to be taken down immediately. This violated their first amendment right.

Answer 18

New York Times v. U.S.