Supreme Court Cases
Courtroom Actors
Amendments
Speech
second amendment
100

This case established judicial review

Marbury v. Madison

100

This person represents the state in a criminal case

Prosecutor

100

The second amendment

right to bear arms 

100

This case states that speech is not protected by the first amendment when it creates a "clear and present danger"

Schenk v. United States

100

A well regulated militia, necessary to the security of a ________  ________, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

Free State

200

This case involved prayer in a public school and the court stated that a teacher praying violates the establishment clause of the first amendment

Engle v. Vitale

200

This type of lawyer represents people charged with a crime.

Criminal Defense attorney


200

third amendment

freedom from quartering soldiers

200

The act of damaging someone's reputation with speech that is not true

defamation

200

This case involved a gangster with a sawed off shot gun - the question was whether this type of gun is protected as an "arm"

U.S. v. Miller

300

This case involved a Mormon man who wanted to marry multiple wives as part of his free-exercise of religion

U.S. v. Reynolds

300

This person is a defense attorney provided by the state to people who cannot afford a lawyer

Public defender

300

fourth amendment

freedom of search and seizure without a warrant

300

A type of speech that targets someone with harmful language due to their sexual orientation, race, or gender

hate speech

300

This case, involving a Washington D.C. hand gun ban, stated that the right to a individual to be armed is part of the second amendment. 

D.C. v. Heller

400

This case created a three prong test to decide on establishment of religion. It dealt with textbooks provided by the state to a Catholic school.

Lemon v. Kurtzman

400

A lawyer that represents the injured person in a civil trial

Plaintiff attorney

400

fifth amendment

freedom from self-incrimination
400

This case states that a black arm band protesting the Vietnam war is protected under the first amendment right to speech

Tinker v. Des Moines

400

This case incorporates the second amendment through the 14th amendment

McDonald v. Chicago 

500

This is the third prong of the Lemon Test

It creates excessive entanglement between church and state

500

This amendment provides for a jury of ones peers to be involved in cases over 20 dollars.

7th amendment

500

eighth amendment

freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

500

What type of speech is the black arm band protesting a war?

Symbolic Speech

500

This modern day militia is part of the United States military

National Guard