1st Amendment Cases
The 1919 Supreme Court case which established that speech which evokes a "clear and present danger" is not permissible. This case also had to do with the encouragement of evasion of the draft during WWI.
What is Schneck v. US
What case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in public schools?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
What civil rights legislation was responsible for outlawing Jim Crow laws?
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Name one category of speech that is NOT protected by the 1st Amendment.
What is Fighting Words/Obscenity/Defamation?
The 1962 Supreme Court case which prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This Supreme Court cases gave more rights to the states by overturning the Gun Free School Zone Act, in which Congress claimed that the commerce clause gave them jurisdiction to regulate guns in schools.
What is US v. Lopez
This organization used the courts to further civil rights work because it became clear there was no majority in Congress that would support civil rights legislation.
What is the NAACP?
This type of due process protects citizens from arbitrary or unjust federal laws?
The 1971 Supreme Court case which the government tried to prevent the publication of the "Pentagon Papers" with prior restraint although this was found to be a violation of the First Amendment.
What is New York Times v. US?
Which supreme court case established the doctrine of "judicial review"
What is Marbury v. Madison?
In Mississippi, a local high school's tradition was to hold a white prom and a black prom. This continued until 2008. This is an example of what type of segregation?
What is De Facto Segregation?
In which supreme court case did the practice of "Police informing suspects of their rights before questioning" first come into play?
The 2010 Supreme Court case which established that corporations have a First Amendment right to expressly support political candidates for Congress and the White House.
What is Citizens United v. FEC
Laws that classify people based on race or ethnicity are subject to which form of scrutiny?
What is strict?
The 1925 Supreme Court case which held that speech could not be restricted even if it has only a tendency to lead to illegal action. This case also selectively incorporated freedom of speech to state governments.
What is Gitlow v. NY ?
In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court case that forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population.
What is Baker v. Carr?
Name the three categories that were most impacted by the civil rights legislation passed in the 1960s.
What is Housing, Hiring/Employment, and Voting?
What allows the federal government to confiscate private property?
What is eminent domain?