Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

Baker v Carr

Answer 1

Equal Protection clause of 14th A

Force reappointment of election districts nationwide

Question 2

Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 2

Federal gov’t regulates interstate commerce

Question 3

Barron v Baltimore

Answer 3

Bill of a rights doesn’t apply to states

Question 4

Korematsu v US

Answer 4

Japanese-American internment is OK due to war

Question 5

Marbury v Madison

Answer 5

Judicial review

Courts say what constitution means

Question 6

McCullough v Maryland

Answer 6

John Marshall established implied powers.
Elastic clause- government can pass laws necessary and proper
Supremacy Clause- national law over state law

Question 7

Buckley v Valeo

Answer 7

Personal campaign limits VIOLATES 1st amendment

Question 8

Roe v Wade

Answer 8

States can’t limit abortion in first trimester

Question 9

Planned Parenthood v Casey

Answer 9

Abortion can be limited for mother’s health and in 3rd trimester

Question 10

US v Nixon

Answer 10

President Nixon’s request to remove Watergate tapes of recorded conversations is NOT protected by executive privilege

Question 11

Bush v Gore

Answer 11

Reversed an order by Florida Supreme Court to recount ballots in 2000 election
Resolves election disputes in Vice President

Question 12

Dred Scott v Sanford

Answer 12

Slaves are property

Missouri Compromise violates 5th Amendment’s due process

Question 13

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 13

“Separate but equal” is OK

Racial segregation is OK

Question 14

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 14

Overrules Plessy v Ferguson

Separate but Equal is NOT ok

Question 15

Regents of the UC v Bakke

Answer 15

Racial quotas is not OK

But race can be a factor in admission to college

Question 16

Boy Scouts of America v Dale

Answer 16

Scouts may exclude gays based on free association right (1st Amendment)

Question 17

Engle v Vitale

Answer 17

Prayer in public schools is not OK

Question 18

Lemon v Kurtzman

Answer 18

Established guidelines for distribution of federal aid to parochial schools

Question 19

Gitlow v New York

Answer 19

Selective incorporation- states can’t pass laws that take away constitutional rights

Question 20

Texas v Johnson

Answer 20

Flag burning is protected speech

Question 21

Tinker v Des Moines Public Schools

Answer 21

Arm bands are OK

Question 22

Miller v California

Answer 22

Obscenity is decided by community standards

Question 23

NY Times v US

Answer 23

Pentagon Papers case
Court refuses to impose a prior restraint on publication of papers-even if publication would embarrass the government (if it doesn’t endanger national security

Question 24

Boy Scouts of America v Dale

Answer 24

OK to ban homosexuals (freedom of association and speech)

Question 25

Gideon v Wainright

Answer 25

Right to counsel in criminal case

6th Amendment right applied to states via 14th Amendment due process clause

Question 26

Mapp v Ohio

Answer 26

Exclusionary rule (evidences gathered without warrant can’t be used) applied to illegal searches and seizures (4th Amendment)

Question 27

Miranda v Arizona

Answer 27

Due process and self incrimination

5th Amendment must be advised of rights