Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

DC v Heller (2008)/McDonald v Chicago

2010

Answer 1

Gun control, 2nd amendment gives all citizens the right to bear arms, whether part of a militia or not.

Question 2

Citizens United v FEC (2010)

Answer 2

Can spending in elections be restricted?
Answer = No.
Overturned Act of Congress

Question 3

NFIB v Sebelius (2012)

Answer 3

Is Obamacare constitutional?

Answer = Yes

Question 4

Arizona v US (2012)

Answer 4

‘Show me your Papers’ Law. Immigration

Question 5

Shelby County v Holder (2013)

Answer 5

Should the Voting Act be removed? Race, minorities.

Question 6

Obergefell v Hodges (2015)

Answer 6

Can Ohio ban gay marriage?

Question 7

Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016)

Answer 7

Abortion

Question 8

US v Alvarez (2012)

Answer 8

Free Speech - Stolen Valor Act found unconstitutional

Question 9

Riley v California (2015)

Answer 9

4th amendment - warrant needed to search cell phones

Question 10

Moore v Texas (2017)

Answer 10

8th amendment - execution of someone with a mental disability is unconstitutional

Question 11

Boumedine v Bush (2008)

Answer 11

5th/6th amendment - Non-US detainees in Guantanamo are entitled to a hearing in court.

Question 12

Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)

Answer 12

LGBT

Question 13

Hollingsworth v Perry (2013)

Answer 13

States Rights -

Question 14

NIFLA v Becerra (2018)

Answer 14

Abortion

Question 15

US v Windsor

Answer 15

LGBT - overturns part of DoMA which prevents tax exemptions for married same-sex couples.

Question 16

Schuette v Coalition to defend (2014)

Answer 16

Affirmative Action

Question 17

US v Texas (2016)

Answer 17

Immigration - 4-4 decision so went back down to lower courts.

Question 18

Harris v Quinn (2014)

Answer 18

Unions - challenge from caregivers who do not wish to contribute to the union

Question 19

Abbott v Perez (2018)

Answer 19

Elections - upheld Texas’s redrawn electoral districts against charges of racial gerrymandering.

Question 20

Burwell v Hobby Lobby (2014)

Answer 20

Religious Freedom - regarding contraception being covered in health insurance of employees.

Question 21

Trump v Hawaii (2018)

Answer 21

Presidential Power - ‘Travel Ban’

Question 22

Hudson v Michigan (2006)

Answer 22

4th amendment - rules ‘no knock’ searches are permissable