Supreme Court Test/Quiz Flashcards
What year was Engel v. Vitale?
1962
What happened to get the case to go to SCOTUS Engel V. Vitale)
A public school in New York decided to have the students voluntarily pray every morning before school. The parents of some students found that this was a violation of the First Amendment. The case then went to the court and went all the way up to the supreme court. The board of regents refused to hear/consider the petition that was started, which led to the case reaching the supreme court.
Which side won and what was the vote count? (Engel V. Vitale)
The vote was 6-1, favoring that the prayer did violate the first amendment
What Constitutional or legal principle is involved? (Engel V. Vitale)
the establishment clause is a legal principle involved. Religion was established in the school when they started prayer every morning while in school.
What is each side arguing? (Engel V. Vitale)
The school is arguing that the prayer was right, and the parents were arguing that the prayer was wrong.
What year was Wisconsin v. Yoder?
1972
What happened to get the case to go to SCOTUS Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The Amish families believed that the state of Wisconsin violated their first amendment right.The state believed that the children of the families needed to go to school, while the families argued that they were violating their first amendment right as school went against their religious beliefs. Lower states sided with the state of Wiconsin, but SCOTUS, sided with the families. The decision resulted in 6-1, and the children were then allowed to stay home.
What is each side arguing Wisconsin v. Yoder?
Wisconsin argued that the families were in the wrong. The families argued that their first amendment rights were violated.
Which side won and what was the vote count Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The families won with a vote count of 6-1
What Constitutional or legal principle is involved Wisconsin v. Yoder
The first amendment was involved because it was violated. The exercise clause was also violated because their right to exercise their religion was violated.
Year Gideon v. Wainwright?
1963
What happened to get the case to go to SCOTUS Gideon v. Wainwright?
Clarence Earl Gideon, a man in Florida was convicted of robbing a pool house. He asked the state to provide a lawyer for him, and they refused to because he didn’t commit a capital crime. He was then sentenced to a five-year prison sentence in which he educated himself on law and how it works; he selectively incorporated the fourteenth and sixth amendment right. By doing so he wrote a letter to the supreme court appealing his case because of his findings. The court did just that and found that the state of Florida violated his 6th and 4th amendment right.
What is each side arguing Gideon v. Wainwright?
The state of Florida is arguing that they did not need to provide a lawyer, while Gideon is arguing that under the 6th and fourteenth Amendments, a lawyer had to be given/provided to him.
Which side won and what was the vote count Gideon v. Wainwright?
9-0, in Gideons favor
What Constitutional or legal principle is involved Gideon v. Wainwright?
I believe due process is involved. As a citizen of the United States, your given the right to a lawyer when unable to afford one, and the state of Florida didn’t provide Gideon with one.
Year Brown V. Board
1954
What happened to get the case to go to SCOTUS Brown V. Board?
Brown V. Board fought for the desegragations of public schools. Segregated schools were ¨Inheritly Equal.¨ They looked at equal protection clause. They chose to focus of Topika because while the case was being constructed, four other cases dealing with the same thing were adapted into the case to create one big case. The goal of the NAACP was to challenge segregation, and through Brown V. Board, and the other cases composed into it, they were able to do just that. Marshall, the main lawyer for Brown V. Board backed up his argument by pulling the findings of Phsycologist who studied the psychological affects of segregation.
What is each side arguing? Brown V. Board
Brown/ NAACP is arguing against segregation in schools. The board was arguing for it.
Which side won and what was the vote count? Brown V. Board
9-0, Brown won
What Constitutional or legal principle is involved? Brown V. Board
Inherently Equal.
Year New York Times Company v. U.S
1971
What happened to get the case to go to SCOTUS New York Times Company v. U.S?
The NYT published a top secret paper about the US´ involvement in the Vietnam war. The papers were called the Pentagon Papers. After the first chapter of these papers was published, Nixons administration said that what the NYT did was illegal and unjust. The NYT didn’t agree and took their case to trial. The supreme court deemed the Nixon administration wrong and sided with the NYT.
What is each side arguing? New York Times Company v. U.S.
The NYT is arguing that they did nothing wrong and their first amendment right was being violated. The Nixon Administration argued that they (NYT) were violating the Government and were destroying the American Peoples ¨Protection¨
Which side won and what was the vote count? New York Times Company v. U.S
NYT won with a 6-3 vote count
What Constitutional or legal principle is involved? New York Times Company v. U.S
The first amendment.
