Amendments
Congress and Presidency
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties
Constitutional Foundations & Underpinnings
100
What amendment was violated in the court case Engel v. Vitale which dealt with schools establishing prayers?
What is the first amendment
100
What court case produced the executive decision that legislation veto were unconstitutional?
What is Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chad (1983)
100
What is the Supreme Court case that determined that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional?
What is Brown v Board of Education (1954)
100
What is a major case that covered speeches that concern the public may not be censored?
What is New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
100
What major court case established Judicial Review?
What is Marburg v. Madison (1803)
200
What amendment protected the right of burning the flag?
What is 1st amendment
200
What court case claimed the presidential veto as unconstitutional due the separation of powers?
What is Clinton v. New York City (1998)
200
What landmark case covered the issue of affirmative action in response to universities not admitting qualified candidates because they were accepting nonqualified ones to meet race quotas?
What is California Regents v. Bakke
200
What case presented the landmark ruling that established a "penumbra" (shadowy area) of rights and that the use of birth control is a privacy right?
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
200
What was the major court case that defined what is meant by "necessary and proper" as well as to establish the federal power over the states power?
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
300
Nationalizing the bill of rights and applying provisions of the bill rights is best represented through which amendment?
What is the 14th amendment
300
Which act violated the following: "Congress cannot take any action that has the force law unless the president concurs in that action"
What is War Powers Act?
300
What court case upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a case where a hotel manager refused to serve black customers?
What is Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S. (1964)
300
What is one of the major cases that established the right to counsel, interrogations, and the rights of the accused?
What is Gideon v. Wainwright What is Malloy v. Hogan What is Miranda v. Arizona
300
What major court case deemed that only the national government can regulate interstate commerce?
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
400
During the U.S. v. Lopez and Morrison the encroachment of states rights by congress violated which amendment?
What is 10th amendment
400
In the United States v. Nixon what two executive powers were limited?
What is executive privilege and military or diplomatic areas
400
What was a major court case that stated that states must redraw district lines every ten years?
What is Baker v. Carr
400
What is the landmark that protected student rights?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
400
In the United States v. Lopez what was the majority opinion based on?
What is federalism
500
In Furman v. Georgia the death penalty violated which amendment due to the indiscriminate and inconstant manner in which the jury acted
What is eight amendment
500
What is the court case that decided that presidents are not immune to civil lawsuits field during the presidency based on previous actions?
What is Clinton v. Jones (1997)
500
What is one of the major court cases that coverd the issue of "one man, one vote", or standards for U.S. congressional districts?
What is Reynolds v. Simms (1964) What is Wesberry v. Sanders (1965)
500
What is the major court case that that states had the right to have standards to eliminate excessive jury discretion in imposing the death penalty?
What is Gregg v. Georgia
500
In what clause does congress stretch authority normally reserved for the states?
What is interstate commerce clause