Landmark Cases
This 1803 decision established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Legal work done for the public good, without charge.
What is pro bono?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Burning an American flag as a political protest.
What is legal?
Elle Woods attends this law school in Legally Blonde.
What is Harvard?
After this 1966 case, police began warning suspects of their right to remain silent.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
What is habeas corpus?
Ratified in 1920, this amendment guaranteed women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
Police entering a home without a warrant because they see a fight and an injured person through the window.
What is legal under the exigent circumstances exception?
Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson in this novel.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
In 1971, the Nixon administration tried to stop newspapers from publishing a leaked Vietnam War study, and the Court ruled against it in this per curiam decision.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
Literally "guilty mind," this is the questioning of potential jurors during selection.
What is voir dire?
This is the only amendment that repealed another amendment.
What is the Twenty-first Amendment?
Lying to a federal investigator when you're not under oath.
What is illegal?
In this film, a lone juror holds out against the other eleven.
What is 12 Angry Men?
In this 1919 case, Justice Holmes introduced the "clear and present danger" test while upholding the conviction of a man who distributed anti-draft leaflets.
What is Schenck v. United States?
Literally "to speak the truth," this is the questioning of potential jurors during selection.
What is voir dire?
Ratified in 1951, after FDR won four terms, this amendment limits presidents to two elected terms.
What is the twenty-second amendment?
Putting a handwritten birthday card, with no stamp, in a person's mailbox.
What is illegal?
This celebrity was sued due to a skiing incident in 2016.
Who is Gwyneth Paltrow?
In this 1962 decision, Justice Black wrote that it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of Americans to recite.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
Meaning "the thing speaks for itself," this doctrine lets a jury infer negligence, as when a surgical sponge is left inside a patient.
What is res ipsa loquitur?
This amendment's re-examination clause bars federal courts from re-examining a jury's factual findings except under common-law rules.
What is the seventh amendment?
A private employer firing someone over their political speech, as far as the first amendment goes.
What is legal?
In My Cousin Vinny, Mona Lisa Vito wins the case by testifying as an expert on this subject.
What is cars?