SCOTUS

Question 1

Gun Rights

Answer 1

DC v Heller (2008)
McDonald v City of Chicago (2010)

Question 2

First Amendment rights

Answer 2

Burwell v Hobby Lobby 2014
McConnel v FEC (2004)
Citizens United + Speechnow.org
Morse v Frederick - bong hits for Jesus

Question 3

Eighth Amendment - death penalty

Answer 3

Atkins v VA (mentally retarded) 2002
Roper v Simmons (2005) - u18s
Baze v Rees (2008) and Glossip v Gross (2015) - lethal injection allowed

Question 4

Fourth Amendment

Answer 4

Brown v Board (1954)
Roe and Griswold penumbras
Obergefell v Hodges

Question 5

Signficantly advancing rights

Answer 5

Brown v Board - goes against precedent (Plessy v Ferguson 1896)
Obergefell v Hodges (2014) - went against Baker v Nelson 1971

Question 6

Defeding rights only implied by constituion

Answer 6

Griswold 1965
Roe 1973
Obergefell
(judicial activism q)

Question 7

Upholding rights even when unpopular

Answer 7

Snyder v Phelps 2011
Elonis v US - overturned conviction of Elonis (rap lyrics threatening ex-wife) as never established if threats were serious

Question 9

Challenging authority

Answer 9

Boumediene v Bush (2008) - foreign terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo have right to challenge detention
Kyollo v US - warrant needed for thermal imaging (2001)