Important SCOTUS Decisions

Question 1

Which SCOTUS decision is given credit for defining the "necessary and proper" clause?

Accepted Answer

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Question 2

Which SCOTUS decision established judicial review?

Accepted Answer

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Question 3

Which SCOTUS decision protected burning the US flag as symbolic speech?

Accepted Answer

Texas v. Johnson (1965)

Question 4

Which decision outlaws "prior restraint" on speech that address matters of public concern?

Accepted Answer

New York Times Co. v. United States

Question 5

What decision struck down a TX statute criminalizing private consensual gay sex due to the 4th?

Accepted Answer

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

Question 6

What case upheld Florida's practice of allowing local authorities decide on how count votes?

Accepted Answer

Bush v. Gore (2000)

Question 7

Which decision protected a student's right to wear armbands to protest as symbolic speech?

Accepted Answer

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Question 8

Which SCOTUS decision dealt with the "establishment clause" and created a three part test?

Accepted Answer

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Question 9

Which SCOTUS decision applied the "exclusionary rule" to state governments?

Accepted Answer

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Question 10

Which landmark decision overturned the "separate, but equal" doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 11

Which SCOTUS decision used "incorporation" for the first time to apply rights to state gov'ts?

Accepted Answer

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

Question 12

Which SCOTUS decision dealt with rights of the accused and created a procedures for the police?

Accepted Answer

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Question 13

Which decision declared the use of a "line item veto" to be unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Clinton v. New York (1998)

Question 14

Which decision protects the right to privacy of consenting adults to use birth control?

Accepted Answer

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Question 15

Which landmark decision dealing with affirmative action programs and college admissions?

Accepted Answer

California Regents v. Bakke (1978)

Question 16

Which SCOTUS decision established the "separate but equal" doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson (1895)

Question 17

Which SCOTUS decision upheld provisions of the BCRA Reform Act regulating "soft money?"

Accepted Answer

McConnell v. FEC (2003)

Question 18

Which decision upheld the Civil Rights Act by using the commerce clause?

Accepted Answer

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964)

Question 19

Which SCOTUS decision said that only the national government can regulate interstate trade>?

Accepted Answer

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Question 20

Which SCOTUS decision dealt with the right to privacy and the abortion issue?

Accepted Answer

Roe v. Wade (1973)

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