The Judicial Branch
The power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of laws.
What is Judicial Review?
The 5 rights protected by the 1st amendment are freedom of speech, religion, petition, the press, and ___.
What is freedom to peaceably assemble?
This clause in the 14th amendment is central to many civil rights cases.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
This case affirmed the power of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This case established the precedent that students maintain their free speech rights in school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The lowest tier of Federal Courts in the Judicial Branch
What are US District Courts?
These two amendments protect you from incriminating yourself and your right to an attorney.
What are the 5th and 6th amendments?
This case ruled that segregated schools violated the 14th amendment.
What is Brown v. Board?
This case involved the 6th amendment right to counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
In United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress exceeded its power from this Constitutional clause.
What is the Commerce Clause?
The US Supreme Court has this kind of jurisdiction for select cases.
What is original jurisdiction?
This amendment would be best to use to challenge police use of sobriety checkpoints.
What is the 4th amendment?
This sometimes controversial doctrine is intended to address workplace and educational inequalities.
What is Affirmative Action?
In Wisconsin v. Yoder, the Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin law violated this 1st amendment clause.
What is free exercise?
Engel v. Vitale involves this 1st amendment issue.
What is the establishment clause?
When a court strikes down an existing law or precedent, or interprets based on their own views.
What is Judicial Activism?
This case established the precedent of clear and present danger.
What is Schneck v. US?
This case established that drawing legislative districts based primarily on race is unconstitutional.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
New York Times Co. v. United States stated that the government failed to demonstrate sufficient cause for ___ to limit the New York Times freedom of the press.
What is Prior Restraint?
This case affirmed that the 2nd amendment right to bear arms applies to state and local governments through the 14th amendment.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
This paper outlined why the Judicial Branch is the weakest of the three branches of government.
What is Federalist 78?
This type of speech is typically protected by the 1st amendment, as demonstrated by Texas v. Johnson.
What is symbolic speech?
Members of Congress added this section to the 1972 Education Amendments in response to the women's movement.
What is Title IX?
This case set the precedent that limits on campaign spending by corporations violated the 1st amendment.
What is Citizen United v. FEC?
This case established the principle of implied powers.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?