Name That Case
What is the case that protected the 14th Amendment and scrutinized drawing districts to segregate voters?
Shaw V. Reno
Clarence Gideon was sentenced to 5 years in prison by a local Florida Court. He was denied all relief when the Florida Supreme Court justified their ruling with a prior decision in the 1942 Betts v. Brady case. What action by the Florida Courts did Gideon argue was violating his 6th Amendment right?
What is refusal to appoint counsel
Alfonso López. Jr was a part of which gun law case?
United States V. Lopez
In the case Engel V. Vitale, forcing students to pray or follwo religious beliefs is denied under which ammendment
This is the U.S. Supreme Court decision that established that Congress has implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause, and that states cannot
What are federal tax institutions
This case was a milestone in civil rights and equal protection that ended segregation in schools, with the Supreme Court ruling it unconstitutional. With the slogan "Seperate but equal"
What is Brown V. Board of Education
Which right did the Nixon Administration go against when trying to ban the publication of the Pentagon Papers?
What is the First Amendment
His Second Amendment was infringed after Chicago banned new handgun registrations in 1982
Who is Otis McDonald
The Nixon administration attempted to ban the publication of this paper that contained the publication of government doubts about the Vietnam War. Violating First Amendment rights
What is the Pentagon Papers?
Charles Baker sued state election officials, including Joe Carr, over urban residents being denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment because of state legislative districts failing to be redrawn, which caused this
What are Rural votes carrying more weight than urban votes
In this case the Supreme Court, in a unanimous 9-0 decision, upheld Schenck’s conviction, saying the Espionage Act did not violate the First Amendment. Supporting the point that freedom of speech is not absolute and context matters.
What is Scheneky V. United States
What amendment did the Yoders family claim that the Wisconsin Government went against by requiring their children to attend high school?
What is the first ammendment
This federal law escalated the United States V. Lopez case from the state court to the Supreme Court
What is the Gun-Free School Zone Act
What did Congress question to issue when making an order against Madison in the Marbury v. Madison case?
What is issuing a writ of mandamus and forcing James Madison to give the commissions?
What federal system argued against the Wisconsin state government in the Wisconsin V. Yoder case?
What is the Supreme Court
In this case it was ruled against state-sposnered prayer in public schools as it violated the first ammendment of freedom of religion.
Engel V. Vitale
In December 1965, a group of students wore black armbands to peacefully protest the Vietnam War. The school banning armbands in school went against which amendment?
What is the First Ammendment
What did the Supreme Court state in the McDonald V. Chicago case that Chicago tried to deny the rigths of
What is the right ot bear arms applys in federal and state/local governments
What are Armbands
In the case of Brown V. Board of education what problem did the supreme courts rulling in favor of Brown bring to the southern states that voted for segregation in schools.
What is integration
Under this case it was guarenteed the right to a free attorney for thoose who cannot afford the pay and convincted of any serious crime
What is the 14th ammendment
Which of the two gun laws cases was fought over the violation of ammendment rights instead of federal laws
What is Mcdonald V. Chicago
In the case of Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission, the right to free speech was protected when this organization tried to ban the running of broadcasts or ads close to an election.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
What did the 6th ammendment state that defended Gideon when he wasnt appointed a a free state lawyer because he wasnt on the death penalty
What is the right to fair and equal trial