Key SCOTUS Cases & Founding Docs

Question 1

"The most stringent protection...would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a crowded theatre and causing panic."

Accepted Answer

Schenck v. United States

Question 2

"A desire to prevent corruption can justify limits on donations to candidates, but not on independent expenditures."

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Citizens United v. FEC

Question 3

"He shall recommend to [Congress's] consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."

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The Constitution, Article II

Question 4

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it"

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Declaration of Independence

Question 5

"Alterations must be agreed to in a congress and afterward confirmed by the legislatures of every state."

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Articles of Confederation

Question 6

"Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 7

"Permanent tenure [creates an] independent spirit in judges which must be essential to the faithful performance."

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Federalist 78

Question 8

"I rarely met with an intelligent man who did not admit that executive UNITY was one of the best Constitutional features

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Federalist 70

Question 9

"By a faction, I understand a number of citizens...united and actuated by some common impulse of passion."

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Federalist 10

Question 10

"Ambition must be made to counter ambition"

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Federalist 51

Question 11

"Remember, when the people once part with power, they can seldom or never resume it again but by force."

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Brutus No 1

Question 12

"Even though politics may enter into the drawing of districts...equal protection is judicially enforceable."

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Baker v. Carr

Question 13

"The accused shall enjoy the right...to have the assistance of counsel for his defense."

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The Sixth Amendment

Question 14

"The Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the states...as it is fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty."

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McDonald v. Chicago

Question 15

"A written constitution must [mean] that an act of the legislature repugnant to the constitution is void."

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Marbury v. Madison

Question 16

"To uphold [this]...would convert congressional authority under the commerce clause to a general police power"

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United States v. Lopez

Question 17

"same advantage that a republic has...in controlling the effects of faction is enjoyed by a large over a small republic"

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Federalist 10

Question 18

"Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."

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Federalist 70

Question 19

"Any system of prior restraints of expression comes to this Court bearing a heavy presumption against its validity."

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New York Times v. United States

Question 20

"This noble ideal [of a fair trial] cannot be realized if the poor man...has to face his accusers without a lawyer."

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Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 21

"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Question 22

"Prohibiting 1 particular opinion without evidence of material & substantial interference with school is impermissible."

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Tinker v. Des Moines

Question 23

"Political speech is indispensable to a democracy, which is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation."

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Citizens United v. FEC

Question 24

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

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Federalist 51

Question 25

"The Congress shall have power to constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme Court."

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The Constitution, Article I

Question 26

"Redistricting so bizarre as to be unexplainable on grounds other than race demands close scrutiny regardless of motive"

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Shaw v. Reno

Question 27

"To separate children solely because of race may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be undone."

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 28

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Question 29

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Question 30

"Let the end [of the legislature] be legitimate and all non-prohibited, appropriate means are constitutional."

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McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 31

"The standard of good behavior for the judiciary is one of the most valuable improvements in the practice of government.

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Federalist 78

Question 32

"To secure unalienable rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving just power from consent of the governed."

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The Declaration of Independence

Question 33

"It is no part of the business of government to compose prayers for any group of the American people to recite."

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Engel v. Vitale

Question 34

"Foregoing one or two years of education to serve a sincere religious belief does not distract from societal welfare."

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Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 35

"The judiciary will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution."

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Federalist 78

Key SCOTUS Cases & Founding Docs

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Key SCOTUS Cases & Founding Docs

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