Required Documents
Required Supreme Court Cases
Key Concepts
Key Clauses
Amendment Violations
100

Two cases concerning factions

What is Brutus 1 and Federalist 51?

100

Public schools cannot censor student expression unless it would cause a substantial disruption to the learning environment.

What is Tinker v. Des Moines

100

Federalism

What is power divided between national & state governments?

100

Supremacy Clause

What is federal law is supreme over state law?

100

The government takes someone’s property without paying them. 

What is the 5th Amendment

200

Defends civil disobedience.

What is A Letter from Birmingham Jail?

200

Federalism Cases

What is …

McCulloch v. Maryland

US v. Lopez

200

Political Efficacy

What is belief that your vote matters?

200

Commerce Clause

What is Congress can regulate interstate trade? 

200

A state requires voters to pay a fee to cast a ballot in a federal election.

What is the 24th Amendment?

300

Need ______ for national security.

What is an Energetic Executive? Federalist 70 
300

Case concerning Gerrymandering

What is Shaw v. Reno

300

Selective Incorporation

What is applying the Bill of Rights to states via the 14th Amendment.

300

Elastic Clause

What is allowing Congress to stretch its powers to carry out its duties?

300

A city requires a permit for protests but only enforces the rule against groups criticizing the government. 

What is the 1st and 14th Amendments?

400

Used to justify judicial independence.

What is Federalist 78 

400

Selective Incorporation Cases

What is …

Gideon v Wainwright

Roe v Wade

McDonald v Chicago 

400

Checks and Balances Example

What is… 

Free response that gets judged

400

Due Process Clause

What is the Government must follow fair procedure?

400

A person is punished for refusing to testify against their spouse.

What is the 5th Amendment?

500

Human nature is self interested and uses that as justification. 

What is Federalist 51?
500

Case using the Establishment Clause

What is Engle v Vitale?

500

Party Polarization definition and example

What is the growing ideological divide between parties? 

And one example to be judged.

500

Equal Protection Clause

What is that laws must treat people equally?

500

A state requires voters to pass a literacy test that disproportionately affects minority voters. 

What is the 14th and 15th Amendments?