2nd Amendment and Firemarms
This landmark 2008 case confirmed that the Second Amendment protects gun ownership for personal, lawful use.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
Which place is most clearly protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy?
➡️ What is a private home?
Which amendment protects individuals from being forced to confess to crimes?
➡️ What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial.
➡️ What is the Sixth Amendment?
Which amendment ensures defendants can confront and cross-examine witnesses?
➡️ What is the Sixth Amendment?
Which case made state and local governments subject to Second Amendment protections?
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This case created the rule that illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal court.
➡️ What is Weeks v. United States?
Police must inform suspects of their constitutional rights before custodial questioning under this case.
➡️ What is Miranda v. Arizona?
States must provide attorneys to defendants who cannot afford one, according to this case.
➡️ What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This case strengthened confrontation rights by limiting the use of testimonial hearsay.
➡️ What is Crawford v. Washington?
A state law requiring citizens to prove a special need to carry a handgun in public was struck down in this case.
What is New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen?
Police arrest someone in their living room. They may only search the suspect and nearby areas, according to this ruling.
➡️ What is Chimel v. California?
This ruling allows police to question a suspect without Miranda warnings if there is an immediate threat to public safety.
➡️ What is New York v. Quarles?
This ruling expanded the right to counsel to include police interrogations once the investigation focuses on the suspect.
➡️ What is Escobedo v. Illinois?
Racial discrimination in jury selection is prohibited by this landmark decision.
➡️ What is Batson v. Kentucky?
This 2024 case examined whether individuals under domestic violence restraining orders may be barred from possessing firearms.
What is United States v. Rahimi?
Officers may search a container inside a car if they have probable cause, according to this decision.
➡️ What is California v. Acevedo?
Congress attempted to overrule Miranda, but the Supreme Court rejected that effort in this case.
➡️ What is Dickerson v. United States?
A lengthy delay caused by prosecutors would most likely violate this constitutional protection.
➡️ What is the right to a speedy trial?
The constitutional right that allows defendants to question witnesses directly comes from this clause.
➡️ What is the Confrontation Clause?
Modern gun laws are now evaluated primarily by comparing them to this factor from the Founding era.
➡️ What is historical tradition and constitutional text?
This case required police to obtain a warrant before accessing long-term cell phone location data.
➡️ What is Carpenter v. United States?
A confession obtained after a suspect clearly invokes the right to remain silent is generally treated as this.
➡️ What is inadmissible?
The Supreme Court developed a balancing test to evaluate speedy trial claims in this case.
➡️ What is Barker v. Wingo?
Which Supreme Court ruling clarified that peremptory challenges cannot be used in a discriminatory way?
➡️ What is Batson v. Kentucky?