SCOTUS Case Gym

Question 1

Snyder v Phelps

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2011, Protected 1st amendment even if hurtful to others, allowed Westboro Baptist Church to make hurtful comments at the funeral of a gay soldier

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US v Stevens

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2010, Protected 1st Amendment by striking down federal law that banned animal cruelty videos

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Citizens United v FEC

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2010, Corporations have 1st Amendment right and can therefore spend money on electioneering

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DC v Heller

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2008, 2nd Amendment right applies to citizens even if not related to a militia defending the US

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McDonald v Chicago

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2010, Extended the principle of DC v Heller to all 50 states

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Riley v California

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2014, Updated 4th Amendment, police need warrant to search phones

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Korematsu v US

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1944, Internment of Japanese-Americans not a violation of their 5th Amendment rights, repudiated by Trump v Hawaii 2016

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Miranda v Arizona

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1966, Under 5th Amendment arrestees must be read their rights

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Dickerson v US

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2000, Upheld 5th Amendment Miranda rights

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Atkins v Virginia

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2002, Execution of those with intellectual disabilities is against 8th Amendment

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NLRB v Noel Canning

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2014, reduces President’s power to make unorthodox recess appointments

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Clinton v Jones

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1997, Presidents can’t claim executive privilege to avoid court appearances

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Texas v Philidelphia

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2020, SCOTUS (including Trump’s appointees) refused to hear challenge to 2020 election results

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Clinton v New York

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1998, removed presidential power of line item veto that had been given by Congress

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Trump v Vance

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2020, denied Trump’s claim that a prosecutor’s case needs to meet a higher standard of evidence against the president

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Bush v Gore

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2000, Conservative majority court ruled in favour of Bush on 2000 election results

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US v Nixon

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1974, ruled that executive privilege didn’t mean that Nixon could avoid handing Watergate tapes over

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Trump v Sierra Club

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2021, Trump’s emergency funds for Border Wall are upheld

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Rasul v Bush 2004, Hamdan v Rumsfeld 2006, Boudemiene v Bush 2008

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Court ruled against Bush administration’s treatment of detainees in Guantanamo

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NFIB v Sebelius

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2012, ruled that one element of PPACA could not compel states to expand Medicaid but otherwise upheld PPACA

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Gibbons v Ogden

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1824, SCOTUS ruled that Supremacy Clause meant Congress had control over interstate commerce

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Gonzales v Raich

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2005, upheld Controlled Substances Act, allowing DEA to prosecute users of marijuana, even in states that were reforming their laws

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Hammer v Dagenhart

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1918, ruled that Congress could not use the commerce clause to ban child labor in the states

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Marbury v Madison

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1803, allowed SCOTUS to declare Acts of Congress unconstitutional

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McCulloch v Maryland

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1819, upheld Congress’ right to establish a national bank under the necessary and proper clause

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Printz v US

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1997, ruled against Congress’ “Brady Bill” that had forced states to conduct background checks on handgun purchases

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US v Darby

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1941, upheld Fair Labor Standards Act, confirming Congress’ right to regulate commerce and expanding its power into areas of minimum wage, maximum hours, ban on child labor etc.

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US v Eichman

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1990, struck down Congress’ attempt to overrule Texas v Johnson in the Flag Protection Act 1989

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US v Lopez

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1995, SCOTUS ruled that Congress had overstepped its Commerce Clause powers in the Gun Free School Zones Act

Question 30

US v Morrison

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2000, ruled that Congress didn’t have the authority to pass the Violence Against Women Act 1994 under the Commerce Clause as it wasn’t tightly related to commerce