Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 1

The court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutional of federal laws. The principle is know as judicial review

Question 2

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 2

The court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government

Question 3

Gibbbons v. Ogden

Answer 3

Clarified the commerce clause and affirmed congressional power over interstate clause

Question 4

Cherokee nation v. Georgia

Answer 4

Establish trust with tribes.

Question 5

Scott vs Sanford

Answer 5

Chief Justice Taney ruled d Dred Scott was not a citizen and had no standing in the court; Scott’s residence a free territory and state had not made him returned to Missouri. Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in territory

Question 6

Korematsu v U.S.

Answer 6

The court upheld the constitutionally of detention camps for Japanese Americans during WWII

Question 7

Brown vs board

Answer 7

Unanimous decision declaring that separate but equal unconstitutional

Question 8

Gideon v wainwright

Answer 8

Extends to the defendant gen right of counsel in all state and federal criminal trials regardless of their ability to pay.

Question 9

Escobedo v Illinois

Answer 9

I ruled that a decent must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police

Question 10

U.S v Richard Nixon

Answer 10

The court rejected Nixon’s claim to absolutely unqualified privilege against any judicial process

Question 11

Bakke v. Regents of university of California

Answer 11

Ambiguous ruling by a badly divided court that dealt with affirmative action programs that used race as a basis of selecting participants. The court general upheld affirmative action by with a 4/4/1 split it was a weak decision.

Question 12

Boy Scouts of America vs dale

Answer 12

The court ruled that the Boy Scout of America could dismiss a troop leader if he was gay. Holding that the right to the freedom is association outweighed a New Jersey-discrimination statue

Question 13

Bush v gore

Answer 13

The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties violated the equal protection clause. In effect, ruling meant bush would win the election.

Question 14

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 14

Legalized segregation in publicly Owed facilities on the basis separate but equal

Question 15

Muller v Oregon

Answer 15

First case to uses the “Brandeis brief” recognized a 10-hour work da for women laundry room workers on the grounds of health and community concerns

Question 16

Schenck vs US

Answer 16

Unanimously upheld the espionage act which declared that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment declared that the 1st amendment to right of freedom of speech was not absolute free speech could be limited if its exercise presents clear and present danger