Court Cases 1
The court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
Established federal supremacy
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Petition, Assembly
What is the 1st amendment.
The biggest reason the Articles of Confederation failed.
What is a weak central government? (Ex: can't tax)
This house ratifies treaties.
What is the Senate?
Overturned Plessy v Ferguson
What is Brown v Board of Education?
Helped define the free exercise clause. (Amish kids and school)
What is Wisconsin v Yoder?
The right to vote shall not be denied by race.
What is the 15th amendment.
Two philosophers who inspired the founding fathers
Who are Locke or Montesqueiu or Rousseau or Cicero?
The house where revenue bills must originate.
What is the House of Representatives?
Symbolic speech is protected under the first amendment.
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
Decided school sanctioned prayer was a violation of the establishment clause.
What is Engel v Vitale?
Reduced the required age to vote to 18 from 21
What is the 26th amendment?
This federalist paper discussed factions.
What is Federalist 10?
This Act was ruled unconstitutional in Marbury v. Madison.
What is the Judiciary Act?
Racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
What is Shaw v Reno?
Lawyers should be provided to those who cannot afford them in state trials as well as federal trials.
What is Gideon v Wainright?
Senators are to be elected by popular vote.
What is the 17th amendment?
This federalist paper described the separation of powers.
What is federalist 51?
This Act outlawed literacy tests and other voting prerequisites.
What is the Voting Rights Act? (1965)
This case established that corporations have free speech rights.
What is Citizens United v Federal Elections Commission?
Federal courts can intervene in state apportionment
What is Baker v Carr?
The federal government can collect income tax
What is the 16th amendment?
This showed the founding fathers that the power to have a standing military was important.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
This Act replaced the spoils system with the merit system in bureaucratic appointments.
What is the Pendelton Act (1883)?