Famous SCOTUS Precedents
Established judicial review for the federal courts
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Also known as the elastics clause
What is the necessary and proper clause?
The first African-American justice confirmed to serve on the Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Elle Woods goes to Harvard Law
What is Legally Blonde?
The first woman to argue a case before the SCOTUS in 1880
Who is Belva Lockwood?
It is the easiest standard to meet, as all a court asks is whether the gov’t has some rationality behind passing the law
What is the rational basis test?
Supreme Court held states could satisfy the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause w/ separate but equal facilities
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
In a conflict between a state and the federal government, the federal government wins
What is the supremacy clause?
The first Jewish justice confirmed to serve on the Court
Who is Louis Brandeis?
Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck, represents a black man accused of raping a white woman
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
The first woman confirmed to serve on the SCOTUS
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
Created by the Court in 1971, it was used to determine if the gov’t was violating the Establishment clause of the First Amendment
What is the Lemon (v. Kurtzmann) test?
SCOTUS ruling which held bans on interracial marriage violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
What is Loving v. VA?
When a bill passes both Houses of Congress, it is then sent to the POTUS
What is the presentment clause?
Known as a progressive justice, he infamously wrote, “3 generations of imbeciles is enough” in a majority opinion upholding a VA sterilization law
Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes?
At the first Pre-Law Society GBM we watched a movie entitled "On the basis of sex" which is the documentary of which Supreme Court Justice's life
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A unanimous SCOTUS ruling in 1908 which held states could restrict the # of hours women could work
What is Mueller v. OR?
The classification or category in a policy that usually leads to a Court using strict scrutiny
What is race?
Penumbras of various amendments create a zone of privacy which protects married couples using contraception
What is Griswold v. CT?
The constitutional foundation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
What is the commerce clause?
(Daily Double)
After his two terms as president, Eisenhower is quoted as saying, “I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court.” Name either of those two justices
Who is Earl Warren or William Brennan?
A single juror, played by Henry Fonda, persuades his fellow jurors to change their minds during jury deliberations in this film directed by Sidney Lumet
What is 12 Angry Men?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined this interest group in 1972 to craft legal strategies to challenge paternalism in American law
What is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?
This test was created by the Court in 1973 to help decide if the government unconstitutionally regulated pornographic speech;
What is the Miller (v. CA) test?
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Presidents cannot take control of industries, even during wartime
Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer?
All federal government spending bills must begin with the House of Representatives
What is the origination clause?
The first Catholic confirmed to serve on the Court
Who is Roger Taney?
An unemployed mom, played by Julia Roberts, goes to work for a lawyer and in the process ends finds evidence in one of the largest class action lawsuits in U.S. history
What is Erin Brockovich?
The first female to serve as a clerk to a U.S. Supreme Court justice, hired by Justice Douglas in 1944
Who is (Helen) Lucille Lomen?
This test, announced in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, replaced the trimester framework in deciding whether the government infringed upon a woman’s right to choose
What is the undue burden standard?