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Mr. Leventhal's Classroom
100

In this case, A high school student brought an unloaded gun violating the Gun Free School Zones Act. Congress claimed the power to regulate guns through the commerce clause

US v. Lopez

100

This is the provision for NY Times v. US

1st Amendment Freedom of the Press

100

According to SCOTUS, Forcing Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade going against their beliefs is unconstitutional

Wisconsin v Yoder

100

You should use this strategy if there are 2 minutes left and you have lots of unanswered multiple choice questions 

Letter of the Day

100

Mr. Leventhal has a pennant of this university he attended

University of Texas at Austin

200

In this case, a person was not given his federal judge commission due to political differences with the new president

Marbury v. Madison

200

This is the provision for US v. Lopez

Commerce Clause and/or Necessary and Proper Clause

200

According to SCOTUS, Government can restrict Freedom of Speech when there is clear and present danger like making it more likely US will lose a war

Schenck v US

200

Free Response must be written using this writing utensil 

Pen

200

The Class of 2022 decorated Mr. Leventhal's door with images from this franchise located in a galaxy far far away

Star Wars

300

In this case, Chicago created strict gun laws under the assumption that the 2nd amendment does not apply to state or city governments

McDonald v. Chicago

300

This is the provision for Schenck v. US

1st amendment Freedom of Speech
300

According to SCOTUS, Racial drawing of congressional districts is unconstitutional

Shaw v. Reno

300

When answering the data analysis the first part of the data you should look at is the

Title 

300

On the back wall you will find birthdates of Mr. Leventhal's advisory. This date was Mr. Leventhal's birthday

November 22nd

400

In this case, amish families in Wisconsin attempted to remove their kids from attending schools for religious purposes

Wisconsin v. Yoder

400

This is the provision for Engel v. Vitale

Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion

400

According to SCOTUS, Elastic Clause gives Central Government implied powers like making a National Bank. Supremacy Clause says States cannot interfere with Federal Government powers

McCulloch v Maryland

400

In an argumentative essay your thesis must include a line of reasoning starting with this word

because

400

This year there has been a typo on one of the white boards, what word has been misspelled this entire time

Tuesday 

500

In this case, A public school had a morning prayer to start the school day

Engel v. Vitale

500

This is the legal doctrine used in McDonald v. Chicago

Selective Incorporation

500

According to SCOTUS, congressional districts must be of roughly equal population to ensure equal protection of voters

Baker v. Carr

500

In the SCOTUS comparison the first sentence of question B should only be about this

prompted information for the required case

500

Above the door to this classroom is a sign in reference to the TV Show Ted Lasso, what does the sign say

Believe

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