Court Case Identification
This Supreme Court Case was about the establishment clause in schools and ruled that schools could not have standardized prayer in school.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This Amendment guarantees free speech.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This person led the Civil Rights Movement and gave the infamous I have a dream speech.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr. or MLK?
After the ruling in this court case it was determined that the 6th Amendment guaranteed all people a lawyer and that even states had to give all criminal defendants an opportunity to a lawyer.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This clause limits the government from establishing one religion over another.
This court case involved a news company printing sensitive information about the pentagon and the president but was obtained legally, and the supreme court ruled that against the president and against prior restraint.
What is New York Times v. United States?
This Amendment guards against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This movement was specifically about the equal treatment under the law of all races specifically the African American race.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
After this case the government specifically the president was not able to use prior restraint to stop the publification of media.
What is New York Times v. United States?
This clause guarantees citizens the rights to express themselves.
What is the Free Speech Clause.
This court case used selective incorporation to apply a protection to guns to the states not just the federal government.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
After this case it was determined that through the use of selective incorporation that the second amendment protected the rights of individuals to own guns even at the state level.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
These laws protect the fair treatment of citizens through the judicial system, and is expressed through multiple amendments including the 5th, 6th, and 14th.
What are the due process clauses?
This court case ruled against free speech after a man wrote a pamphlet encouraging people to disobey the draft and it was decided that this speech could be limited because of clear and present danger.
What is Schecnk v. United States?
This Amendment changed the election of senators to a direct election.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This court case began the end of segregation in the United States specifically in schools but also for all things after determining that segregation was indeed unequal and discriminatory against African Americans.
What is Brown v. Board?
After this case it was determined that forcing a kid to go to school was unconstitutional if the schooling violated their religion due to the free exercise clause.
What is Wisocnsin v. Yoder?
This clause guarantees citizens the right to follow and practice any religion they choose.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
This court case happened after a man was arrested and tried without a lawyer, but it was then decided that the constitution guaranteed a lawyer for all criminal defendants and that all stated had to provide a lawyer.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This Amendment limited the number of terms a president can serve to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
What is the Equal Protection clause?
After this court case a students right to free speech was protected even in school as long as the speech wasn't disruptive or dangerous.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This right to get together and discuss the government and ideas is protected in this clause.
What is the Assembly Clause?