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Was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
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Was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote, even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
What is Oregon v. Smith?
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Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 is unconstitutional to the extent it purports to enlarge the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court beyond that permitted by the Constitution. Congress cannot pass laws that are contrary to the Constitution, and it is the role of the Judicial system to interpret what the Constitution permits.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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Was a Supreme Court of the United States case that held that religious duty was not a suitable defense to a criminal indictment.
What is Reynolds v. United States?
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The Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. State action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
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Was a U.S. Supreme court case that determined that the Bill of Rights did not apply to State governments.
What is Barron v. Baltimore?
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Was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Pennsylvania's 1968 Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allowed the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to reimburse nonpublic schools (most of which were Catholic) for the salaries of teachers who taught secular material in these nonpublic schools, secular textbooks and secular instructional materials, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
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Was a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and concluded that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to express freedom of speech against the draft during World War I.
What is Schenck v. United States?
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Was a United States Supreme Courts case that defined the rights of students in U.S. public schools. It protected students freedom speech as long as it did not cause substantial interference with school discipline or the rights of others.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School Districts?
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Was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the reach of certain limitations on federal government authority set forth in the First Amendment—specifically the provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press—to the governments of the individual states. It was one of a series of Supreme Court cases that defined the scope of the First Amendment's protection of free speech and established the standard to which a state or the federal government would be held when it criminalized speech or writing.
What is Gitlow v. New York?
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Was a United States Supreme Court case that established the actual malice standard, which has to be met before press reports about public officials or public figures can be considered to be defamation and libel;[2] and hence allowed free reporting of the civil rights campaigns in the southern United States.
What is New York Times v. Sullivan?
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Obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, defining obscenity as "dominant theme taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest".
What is Roth v. United States?
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Was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that the warrant-less seizure of items from a private residence constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
What is Weeks v. United States?
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Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
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Was an important decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
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This is the number of justices on the supreme court
What is 9?
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This was when the first meeting of the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is February 1, 1790?
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This is the number of Northside High Schools named after Supreme Court Justices.
What is 10?
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The requirements of legislation concerning religion.
What is the "Lemon Test"?
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This is the address of the US Supremem Court.
What is one First Street NE and Maryland Avenue?
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He was the only only president to serve as a Justice.
Who was William H. Taft?
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He was the only justice ever impeached by the House of Representative.
Who is Samuel Chase?
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Test used by courts to determine whether a school's disciplinary actions violate students' First Amendment rights.
What is the "Tinker Test"?
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He was the youngest Supreme Court Justice ever.
Who was Justice Joseph Story?
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He was the oldest person to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
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