This amendment protects you against unreasonable search and seizures and requires authorities to obtain a search warrant.
What is the 4th amendment
100
This amendment protects your rights of religion, speech, press, petition, and press.
What is the 1st amendment
100
A principal decided to pull certain pages of a school newspaper that he thought were offensive. He was sued for violating the students’ 1st Amendment rights. The Supreme Court ruled that the principal has the right to censor the school newspaper if there are concerns about the students’ education.
What is Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier
100
Two students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. School authorities asked them to remove the armbands, they did not, and the students were suspended. They sued the school district and the Supreme Court ruled in the students’ favor. The court stated that no one is expected to shed their 1st Amendment rights at the school door.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines
200
This amendment sets the rules for indictment, eminent domain, due process, self incrimination, and double jeopardy
What is the 5th amendment
200
This amendment prevents excesive fines or bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment
200
This amendment protects your rights to a fair and speedy trial by jury, notified of accusations, obtain witnesses, and retain counsel.
What is the 6th amendment
200
A Texas woman was pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Texas law stated that an abortion could only be performed upon medical advice or to save the life of the mother. She sued and the Supreme Court ruled in her favor. This case invalidated any state laws that prohibited abortions during the first trimeste
What is Texas v. Johnson
200
Schools were segregated based on race. The black schools were not as high quality as the white schools. The Supreme Court decided that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education
300
This amendment prevents denial to vote based on race or color.
What is the 15th amendment
300
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment
300
This amendment that gives the government the right to collect income tax.
What is the 16th amendment
300
A man was arrested and was not informed of his 5th or 6th Amendment rights. He incriminated himself and was found guilty. The Supreme Court ruled that the police had not taken the proper steps to inform the man of his rights and made it a requirement for police to do so.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
300
A student was caught smoking in the bathroom and school authorities searched her purse and her locker and found marijuana. The Supreme Court ruled that the search did not violate the Constitution which made it easier for school authorities to search students given reasonable cause.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.
400
This is the only amendment to repeal an amendment.
What is the 21st amendment
400
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
400
This amendment prohibits the the manufacturing and selling of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment
400
An African American man tested a Separate Car Act passed in Louisiana by sitting in a white car. He was arrested for violating the law. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was Constitutional as long as the separate facilities were equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
500
This amendment limits the amount of times a president can be elected.
What is the 22nd amendment
500
This amendment grants Washington, D.C. electoral votes and the residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote.
What is the 23rd amendment
500
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment
500
A conflict arose when a new president would not approve a Justice of the Peace of the former president. When taken to court, this case established the concept of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
500
A man was arrested but could not afford a lawyer. The state did not provide him one and he was found guilty. He sued, saying his 6th Amendment rights were violated. The Supreme Court ruled that the 6th Amendment requires state courts to provide attorneys for criminal defendants who cannot afford one.