Court Cases
This court case ruled that the right to symbolic speech was violated
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The ruling in this case was that the federal government had overstepped its use of the commerce clause
What is US v. Lopez?
First official structure of our government, with significant state power, very little national power.
This document shows how the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause has motivated social movements throughout American history
What is Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Brown v. Board overturned the precedent set by this case
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Case that ruled that a state or local government could not overstep a person's civil liberties set forth in the Bill of Rights
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Court case that ruled that the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights had been violated.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Document that asserts that there must be checks & balances between the different departments of government
What is Fed. 51?
Article of the Constitution that sets the layout of the Legislative branch
What is Article I?
What Article of the Constitution lays out the specifics of the Judicial Branch?
Article III
This court case ruled along with the Supremacy clause, that a state could not exert powers over the federal government.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
What was the ruling in Wisconsin v. Yoder? Name the clause in your answer.
Forcing Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violated the free exercise clause
Article of the Constitution that lays out the framework for the Executive branch
What is Article II?
Must say both correctly to get the points:
Fed. ____ is about how the Executive branch should be run.
Fed. ____ is about how the Judicial Branch should be run.
Fed. 70: Executive Branch
Fed. 78: Judicial Branch
NOT an essential case, but still important to know: This case ruled that internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was NOT unconstitutional. (even though it was...)
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This case ruled that congressional districts can be challenged by their community, and evaluated by the Court, under the name of the equal protection clause.
What is Baker v. Carr?
An amicus curiae brief about a scientific study on children's confidence & self esteem greatly influenced the results of this case.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Source? : "In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few."
What is Brutus #1?
Source? "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government,"
What is The Declaration of Independence?
Which of the following rights are enumerated in the Constitution?
Protest, privacy, travel, vote, self-defense, all of these, or none of these?
None of these.
Tell me the case from this summary of the majority opinion: In its per curiam opinion the Court held that the government did not overcome the "heavy presumption against" prior restraint of the press in this case. Justices Black and Douglas argued that the vague word "security" should not be used "to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment."
What is New York Times v. US?
What was the ruling in Citizens United v. FEC?
That campaign spending by special interest groups IS free speech, and should not be restricted
Which Federalist paper was NOT authored by Alexander Hamilton? 10, 51, 70, or 78?
Fed 10 & Fed 51
Where is the necessary & proper clause in the Constitution?
Article I
What is Article V?