Supreme Court Cases
This incorporated the 2nd amendment to the states.
McDonald v Chicago
Article I, Section 8 of the constitution establishes...
The expressed (enumerated) powers of Congress.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Tinker v. Des Moines
Five Freedoms of the 1st Amendment: Religion, speech, press, assemble, and ________
petition
Pentagon Papers. Prior Restraint.
NY Times v US
If a person immigrates to this country, which government position are they disqualified from running for?
The President
Framework for the US Government
The US Constitution
Tested America's commitment to the free exercise clause. Was granting an exception to a law for sincerely held religious belief permissible?
Wisconsin v. Yoder
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures....
4th Amendment
1 man = 1 vote
Baker v Carr
This branch of government is responsible for creating lower courts (aka every federal court that is not the Supreme Court)
The Legislative Branch
Argued that a large republic was the best defense against the "tyranny of factions."
Federalist 10
Created the "clear and present danger" test for free speech
Schenck v. United States
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
8th Amendment
Shaw v. Reno
Sometimes Congress has to do things that are not EXPRESSLY written in the constitution. They can do so because of...
The Elastic Clause
(The Necessary and Proper Clause)
Defended the importance of a federal judiciary
Federalist 78
Established the process of Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison
This amendment holds the Equal Protection Clause?
14th
In US v Lopez the US Government passed a law restricting guns in a school zone using this part of the Constitution as a rationale?
The Commerce Clause
This Article of the Constitution establishes the constitution as the "supreme law of the land"
Article VI
Discusses the importance of Checks and Balances to a federalist government
Federalist 51
In Engel v. Vitale, it was determined that a prayer in public school was inappropriate because it violated the...
Non-enumerated Rights
9th