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Case that established students do not lose their 1st Amendment Right to free speech in school.
What is Tinker vs Des Moines?
Number of Articles in the US Constitution?
What is 7?
This court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson and the legal concept of "separate but equal."
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This was the US's first failed Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Constitution Clause for Engel v. Vitale?
What is the Establishment Clause (1st Amendment)?
Case that is also known as the Pentagon Papers Case.
What is New York Times v. US?
Document that argues if government does not protect our natural rights, we have the right to overthrow that government.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This court case incorporated the 2nd Amendment.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Document argues that sometimes you must non-violently break unjust laws in order to maintain justice and lead to change.
What is Letter from a Birmingham Jail?
Constitutional clause key to Wisconsin v. Yoder.
What is the Free Exercise clause (1st Amendment)?
SCOTUS case that incorporated the 6th amendment's right to counsel to the states.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This document argued that a large representative democracy is the best way to manage factions.
What is Fed 10?
This court case established the "clear and present danger" test for speech.
What is Schenck v. US
This document details how America's federal system of government is supposed to work.
What is the US Constitution?
US v. Lopez said there were limits on how much Congress could stretch this power/clause.
What is the Commerce Clause (Art. 4)?
Court case that limited Congress's use of the Commerce Clause in Article IV of the Constitution.
What is U.S. v. Lopez?
This document said the country was too large and too diverse to have an elected group effectively represent everyone's wishes.
What is Brutus 1?
This court case established the concept of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury. Madison?
Document that argues the best protection against government abusing its power is separation of powers.
What is Federalist 51?
McCulloch v. Maryland relied on this clause to establish implied powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper clause (aka Elastic clause) (Art. 1, Sec. 8)?
Court case that said political spending by corporations and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the 1st Amendment?
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
This document argues having one executive is the best form of government because it will lead to an energetic executive and people will know who to blame.
What is Fed 70?
This case banned racial gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
This document argued the judicial branch needs to be independent in order to secure liberties.
What is Fed 78?
The Supreme Court relies on this constitutional clause to incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?