Supreme Court cases

Question 1

Ruled that the sc had the power to strike down fed leg

Answer 1

Marbury v Madison

1803

Question 2

Ruled the sc had the right to strike down state leg

Answer 2

Fletcher v Peck

1810

Question 2

Chief Justice Hughes ?

Answer 2

The constitution is what the judges say it is

Question 3

Ruled that slaves and their DESCENDANTS were not protected by the constitution

Answer 3

Dred Scott v Sandford

1857

Question 4

Ruled fed income tax ILLEGAL

Answer 4

Pollock v farmers LOAN and trust

1895

Question 6

Ruled that spending limits by companies or unions during elections are illegal

Answer 6

Citizens united v FEC

2010

Question 7

Ruled segregated railways were CONSTITUTIONAL

Answer 7

Plessy v Ferguson

1896

Question 8

President as COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF had NO RIGHT to take over strike-hit steel plants in the Korean war

Answer 8

YoungsTOWN steel and tube co v Sawyer

1952

Question 9

Ruled that segregated schools were UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Answer 9

Brown v board of education, TOPEKA

1954

Question 10

Ruled that prayer in schools UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Answer 10

Engel v Vitale

1972

Question 11

Established ‘bussing’ to end de facto segregation

Answer 11

Swann v Charlotte Mecklenburg

1971

Question 12

Ruled the death penalty was ILLEGAL

Answer 12

Furman v Georgia

1972

Question 13

Established abortion as a constitutional right

Answer 13

Roe v Wade

1973

Question 14

Ruled that the white house tapes had to be handed over

Answer 14

Nixon v US

1974

Question 15

Ruled that the death penalty was a matter for the states

Answer 15

Gregg v Georgia

1976

Question 16

Limited affirmative action

Answer 16

University of California Regents v Bakke

1978

Question 17

Ruled gun-free school zones illegal

Answer 17

Lopez v US

1995

Question 18

Ruled internet pornography as a constitutional right

Answer 18

Reno v ACLU

1997

Question 19

Ended the line-item veto

Answer 19

Clinton v New York City

1998

Question 20

Stopped the Florida recounts

Answer 20

Bush v Gore

2000

Question 21

Ruled that it was up to the states to have ‘death with dignity’ acts

Answer 21

Gonzales v Oregon

2006

Question 22

Ruled gerrymandering is legal

Answer 22

League of latin american citizens v perry

2006

Question 23

Ruled military trials at Guantanamo illegal

Answer 23

Hamdan v Rumsfeld

2006

Question 24

Prohibited assigning pupils to schools on the basis of

promoting racial integration

Answer 24

Parents involved in community schools districts v Seattle school district NO 1
2007

Question 25

Ruled that lethal injection did not violate the 8th amendment (prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment)

Answer 25

Baze v Rees

2008