Court Cases
Supreme Court case in 1803 that established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Supreme Court case that ruled the establishment clause of the First Amendment applied to school sponsored prayers.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
Supreme Court case that extended the right of privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade
Document written to sever all ties with Great Britain, so that the United States could rule itself.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
Document that argued the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government, and therefore only a select elite will control the government.
What is Brutus No. 1?
Supreme Court case in 1819 that states federal law had supremacy over state laws.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Supreme Court case that ruled states must provide lawyers to defendants that could not hire their own.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Supreme Court case that ruled racial redistricting must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Document that outline the United States first government system in which states held most power while the national government was weak.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Document that argued how a system of checks and balances would help to keep one branch of government from having too much power.
What is Federalist No. 51?
Supreme Court case in 1919 that ruled speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected under the First Amendment.
What is Schenk v. United States?
Supreme Court case that ruled symbolic speech is protected under the First Amendment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Supreme Court case that found Congress had overreached its powers granted under the commerce clause.
What is US v. Lopez?
This document sets up the current government and is known as the "Supreme Law of the Land"
Constitution
Document that argues a strong executive leader is necessary to lead the nation.
What is Federalist No. 70?
Supreme Court case that ruled the doctrine of "separate but equal" as unfair, and ended segregation in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
Supreme Court case that established a "heavy presumption against prior restraint."
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
Supreme Court case that ruled that the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home is applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
What are the three branches of the U.S. Government and name the primary bodies within those branches?
Legislative - Congress
Executive Branch - President
Judicial - Supreme Court
Document that argues that the federal courts must determine whether the acts of Congress are constitutional, and what must be done should the government act out of line.
What is Federalist No. 78?
Supreme Court case that established the standard of "one person, one vote" and enabled federal courts to hear redistricting cases.
What is Baker v. Carr?
Supreme Court Case that prioritized free exercise of religion over state interest in an educated populace.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
Supreme Court case that ruled that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.
What is Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission?
Document that explained why a republic is better compared to a direct democracy.
What is Federalist Paper No. 10?
Document written by Martin Luther King that addressed the criticisms of his non-violent protests.
What is the Letter from a Birmingham Jail?