A case which outlawed quotas in college admissions, but upheld affirmative action

Bakke v University of California

Students can protest silently as long as it doesn't disrupt the school day

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USH Review: Supreme Court Cases

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1
Which decision overturned Plessy, saying separate facilities are "inherently unequal"?
Brown v Board of Education
Bakke v University of California
Korematsu v United States
Williams v Mississippi
2
SCOTUS firsts: The first female justice was...
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
Sandra Day O'Conner
3
First African-American justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Blanche K. Bruce
Clarence Thomas
4
What event led to Korematsu v United States ?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Japanese internment during WW2
Insular Acts
Root Takahira Agreement
5
In Nixon v. US
Presidential power was limited rule of law
Began impeachment procedure
Gerald Ford became President
Presidential power was increased
6
Which case placed wartime limits on freedom of speech?
Korematsu v United States
Schenck v United States
Miranda v Arizona
In re Debs
7
Which president proposed adding new justices to the court- aka the "court-packing" scheme?
Jackson
Taft
FDR
LBJ
8
The case that declared that slaves were property, not citizens, and had no standing to sue
Dred Scott v Sanford
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Williams v Mississippi
9
Loving v Virginia
States may not tax products bought in another state
States may not refuse marriage licenses to interracial couples
States must fund public schools equally
Congress may eliminate discriminatory business policies
10
This case protects due process by ensuring a court-appointed lawyer for poor defendants.
Fletcher v Peck
Miranda v Arizona
Furman v Georgia
Gideon v Wainwright
11
This 1896 decision declared that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional.
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Plessy v Ferguson
Dred Scott bv Sanford
Brown v Board of Education
12
Let's start with some easy questions. How many justices are on the US Supreme Court?
5
10
8
9
13
Bush v. Gore...
Stopped ballot recount, determined the new President
Established “reasonable suspicion;” school is a special place
Claimed segregation was allowed as long as things were “separate but equal”
Ruled abortions are a right under the 14th Amendment
14
A case which outlawed quotas in college admissions, but upheld affirmative action
Bakke v University of California
Brown v Board of Education
Fisher v University of Texas
Dartmouth v Woodward
15
Which 1965 case established a right to privacy and paved the way for legalized abortion?
Miranda v Arizona
Griswold v Connecticut
Gideon v Wainwright
Bakke v University of California
16
Tinker v Des Moines
School newspapers can be censored for protesting against a war
Students do not have protected free speech when they're on campus
Schools can set any dress codes they deem necessary
Students can protest silently as long as it doesn't disrupt the school day
17
The Warren Court showed...
Judicial Restraint
Judicial Activism
18
What law was made void by the Dred Scott case?
13th amendment
Missouri Compromise
Crittenden Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
19
Suspects can't be interrogated before being read their rights, according to this decision
Furman v Georgia
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
Griswold v Connecticut

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