Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

14th Amend right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states

Accepted Answer

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Question 2

Due Process required states to award just compensation in taking private property 4 public use

Accepted Answer

Chicago, B&Q RR Co. v. Chicago (1897)

Question 3

Requirement that children attend school violates the 1st Amendment for religious reasons?

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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Question 4

the "separate but equal" standards of racial segregation were unconstitutional

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954 & 1955)

Question 5

1st Amendment protects the publication of all statements about public officials (unless malice)

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New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

Question 6

Commerce Clause, places of public accommodation had no "right" to select guests as they saw fit

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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964)

Question 7

States may reimburse students who use public transportation to public or private schools

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Everson v. Board of Education (1947)

Question 8

The 1st, 3rd, 4th, & 9th Amends., create the right to privacy in marital relations.

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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Question 9

Use of race as a criterion in admissions decisions was constitutionally permissible.

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Regents of Univ. California v. Bakke (1978)

Question 10

Bigamy was not a protected religious act under the First Amendment.

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Reynolds v. US (1879)

Question 11

State governments are not bound by the 5th Amendment to compensate for taking private property

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Baron v. Baltimore (1833)

Question 12

"grassroots lobbying advertisements" unrelated to electoral campaigning allowed within 60 days

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FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2006)

Question 13

State funding for non-public, non-secular schools violates Establisment Clause

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Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Question 14

Court held a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (14th Amendment)

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Roe v. Wade (1973)

Question 15

A prohibition on a form of symbolic protest violates freedom of speech protections for students

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Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)

Question 16

14th Amendment extended 1st Amendment protection for the freedom of speech to the states.

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Gitlow v. New York (1925)

Question 17

State segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Question 18

The Fourteenth Amendment requires both marriage licensing and recognition for same-sex couples.

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Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

Question 19

May evidence obtained in a search in violation of the 4th Amendment be admitted state court?

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Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Question 20

The Gun-Free School Zones Act is unconstitutional- it exceeds the power of the Commerce Clause

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United States v. Lopez (1995)

Question 21

"Fighting words" fall outside the protections of the First Amendment

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Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

Question 22

Restrictions to abortion do not infringe upon the right to privacy or Equal Protection Clause

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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)

Question 23

Prayer at the start of school violates the "establishment clause" of the 1st Amendment

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Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Question 24

Restrictions on contributions is legal, but cannot limit how candidates spend their own money

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Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

Question 25

Forced exclusion of citizens during war is justified in order to reduce the risk of espionage.

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Korematsu v. US (1944)

Question 26

burning of an American flag was protected expression under the First Amendment

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Texas v. Johnson (1989)

Question 27

Speech can be prohibited if it is "directed at or likely inciting imminent lawless action"

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Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

Question 28

Educators did not offend free speech by exercising editorial control over student newspaper

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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1987)

Question 29

Second indictment, trial, and conviction for larceny violates the 5th Amendment

Accepted Answer

Benton v. Maryland (1969)

Question 30

Established Judicial Review on constitutionality of laws

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Question 31

A state can deny unemployment to a worker fired for using illegal drugs for religious purposes?

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Oregon v. Smith (1990)

Question 32

5th Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extends to police interrogations

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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Question 33

Law against same-sex ind. engaging in certain intimate conduct violates the Due Process Clause.

Accepted Answer

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

Question 34

Recounting votes in Florida was unconstitutional partly because it was not consistent

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Bush v. Gore (2000)

Question 35

In some cases the use of the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

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Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Question 36

Congress has the authority to establish a bank and states cannot tax the national government

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Question 37

Corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited.

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Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Question 38

State reapportionment claims are justiciable in federal court

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Baker v. Carr (1962)

Question 39

Ban on handguns and requirements on how to store firearms violates the 2nd Amendment.

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Heller v. District of Columbia (2008)

Question 40

Efforts to prevent the publication of "classified information" violated the Freedom of Press

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New York Times v. US (1971)

Question 41

Equal Protection extends to those who suffer discrimination due to their sexual orientation

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Romer v. Evans (1996)

Question 42

Use of racial preferences in college admissions

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Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

Question 43

Circulating anti-draft mailings, not protected by the free speech clause of the 1st Amendment.

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Schenck v. US (1919)

Question 44

Court held that obscene materials did not enjoy First Amendment protection.

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Miller v. California (1973)

Question 45

Requires women who want an abortion to wait 24 hours, and, if minors, obtain parental consent,

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Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

Question 46

6th Amendment's right to counsel in criminal cases extends to felony defendants in state courts

Accepted Answer

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Question 47

a law allowing public officials to censor printed news was unconstitutional under 1st Amendment

Accepted Answer

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

Question 48

Soft money ban in campaigns and regulation of source, content, & timing of political ads

Accepted Answer

McConnell v. FEC (2003)

Supreme Court Cases

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Supreme Court Cases

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