Name the Case:
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Amendments:
Judicial Branch
100

Oliver Wendell Holmes; clear and present danger test; shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre; limits on speech, esp. in wartime.

Schenck v. U.S. (1919)

100

Gun Free School Zones Act exceeded Congress's authority to regulate interstate commerce. The first case to begin reigning in Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause.

U.S. v. Lopez (1995)

100

Amendment 1: 

Tinker v Des Moines

Schneck v US

Texas v Johnson 

100

Appoints Federal Judges

President. 

200

Established precedent of federalizing Bill of Rights (applying them to the states); states cannot deny freedom of speech- protected through due process clause of Amendment 14.

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

200

In which supreme court case did the practice of "Police informaing suspects of their rights before questioning" first come into play?

Miranda v Arizona

200

5th Amendment:

  • Blockburger v. United States (1932) In Blockburger v. ...
  • Chambers v. Florida (1940) ...
  • Ashcraft v. Tennessee (1944) ...
  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
200

Number of Justices in the Supreme Court. 

9
300

School segregation unconstitutional; segregation psychologically damaging to blacks; overturned separate but equal; use of 14th Amendment; judicial activism of Warren Court; unanimous decision.

Brown v. Board, 1st (1954)

300

Which Supreme Court case supported the idea that races can be "separate but equal"?

Plessy vs Ferguson

300

14th Amendment: 

Gitlow v New York

Brown v Board 

Roe v Wade

300

Length of term for all supreme court justices:

Life 

400

"One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; Warren Court's political judicial activism.

Baker v. Carr (1962)

400

Which supreme court case decided that the 'Right to Counsel' and the right to 'Due Process' were entitled to American citizens?

Gideon v. Wainwright

400

2nd amendment:

United States v Miller


400

Main role of the judicial branch? 

To interpret the law. 
500

Established national abortion guidelines; trimester guidelines; no state interference in 1st; state may regulate to protect health of mother in 2nd; state may regulate to protect health of unborn child in 3rd. Inferred from right of privacy established in Griswald v. Connecticut.

Roe v. Wade (1973)

500

Which supreme court case established the doctrine of "judicial review"

 Marbury v. Madison

500

13th amendment:

Bailey v Alabama 

500
What are the ¨levels¨ of the federal court system?

3: district court, court of appeals, and supreme court. 

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