SCOTUS Firsts
The Miller Test, established from Miller v. California, is a three-prong test used to determine whether or not this type of speech is protected.
What is obscene speech?
This landmark Supreme Court case decriminalized abortion in the first trimester in every state based on the implied right to privacy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This prevents convicted criminals from being executed via cruel and unusual means.
What is the 8th amendment?
"I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" is a quote from this document and author.
What is Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.?
This company's vaccine is currently the leading candidate in the fight against COVID, boasting a 90% effective rating.
What is Pfizer?
In Engel v. Vitale, this clause was used to rule that voluntary prayer at the beginning of the school day violated the Constitution.
What is the establishment clause?
This principle refers to the constitutional doctrine that allows the federal government and Supreme Court to legally protect citizens' civil liberties from state governments.
What is selective incorporation?
The Miranda rule stems from the rights protected by these two amendments.
What is the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
These amendments guaranteed voting rights for African American males and women, respectively.
What is the 15th and 19th amendments?
This is the number of electoral votes Joe Biden received, if current projections hold.
What is 306?
This Supreme Court case in which defendants were arrested for distributing leaflets urging people to disobey the draft during World War I resulted in the establishment of the "clear and present danger" test.
What is Schenck v. United States?
The constitutional grounds for selective incorporation is based on this amendment.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
Which amendment guarantees the right to legal representation when charged with a crime?
What is the 6th amendment?
This 1965 legislation signed by LBJ aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Currently the #1 song on Billboard Hot 100.
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In Wisconsin v. Yoder, the Supreme Court determined that the state could not compel an eighth grader to continue on with school despite religious objection. The justices relied on this clause for their decision.
What is the free exercise clause?
This Supreme Court case guaranteed every defendant in a felony trial the right to a court appointed lawyer
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This principle, established in the 4th-8th amendments, guarantees that the government must go through certain steps before taking away the rights of a citizen.
What is Due Process?
Brown v. Board of Education declared separate but equal unconstitutional, desegregating schools and overturning this Supreme Court case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This is the kind of segregation still around today.
What is de facto segregation?
Daniel Ellsberg illegally leaked classified information dubbed "the pentagon papers" which prompted the Nixon Administration to lose this Supreme Court Case.
What is New York Times Co. vs. United States?
The Supreme Court case protected students' right to political speech in schools.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This rule, derived from Fourth amendment rights, makes evidence that is obtained illegally inadmissible in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
Discrimination in public accommodations was made illegal in the United States as a direct result of this legislation.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The second highest grossing film of 2020 (the highest grossing is a Chinese film called "The Eight Hundred"
What is Bad Boys for Life?