Name that Case
Constitutional Interpretations
Vocab
The Commerce Clause
Civil War to Civil Rights
100

Established Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison 

100

Referring to past cases already decided. 

Precedent 

100

To take oneself out of deciding a case (when you're a judge). 

Recuse

100

Where the Commerce Clause is located in the Constitution

Article I, Section 8

100

The Amendment that Abolished Slavery 

13th 

200

Legalized segregation in America. 

Plessy v. Ferguson 

200

Looking ahead to the future impact of this reading of the Constitution. 

Prudential Concern

200

Rules that regulate the conduct of a community, often enforced by a controlling authority through penalties.

Law

200

Case that established that Congress can regulate "every species of commercial intercourse that concerns more states than one"

Gibbons v. Ogden

200

Section 2 of the 13th, Section 5 of the 14th, and Section 2 of the 15th Amendments

The enforcement Clauses 

300

A farmer's extra wheat that he plans to not sell and consume himself is still able to be regulated by Congress, per the Commerce Clause. 

Wickard v. Filburn 

300

Looking to what the Founders thought about this part of the Constitution when it was drafted. 

Intent

300

A single written document that explicitly creates government institutions, defines the scope of government power, and guarantees certain civil liberties .

Constitution

300

Passed using the Commerce Clause to regulate discrimination in public places, schools, and federally funded organizations. 

Civil Rights Act of 1964

300

Due process; equal protection; citizenship; enforcement; and public debt

Clauses of the 14th Amendment 

400

Congress may not regulate violence against women because it infringes upon the states' police power and they didn't get enough findings to show how it has to do with commerce. 

US v. Morrison 

400

The definition of the word in the clause of the Constitution. 

Text

400

The Supreme Court's power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. 

Judicial Review

400

Case where the Supreme Court stated that local things can be regulated by Congress because in the aggregate they affect Commerce. 

Wickard v. Filburn and/or Raich v. Gonzales 

400

An attempt to strike down Section 2 of the Civil Rights Act as unconstitutional. (2 cases) 

Heart of Atlanta Motel and Ollie's BBQ

500

Congress has implied powers in the Constitution. 

McCulloch v. Maryland 

500

Looking to what power the Constitution gave a particular branch of the government or to the states. 

Structure of Government 

500

The specific powers granted to the United States federal government by the Constitution.

Enumerated Powers

500

Where the Supreme Court finally struck down an act of Congress passed under their Commerce Clause power because they didn't provide enough findings and evidence to support passage of the act under said power. 

US v. Lopez 

500

Gave Congress the power to pass the Voting Rights Act

Section 2 of the 15th amendment 
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