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The 1st Amendment; SCOTUS Justices
Due Process/Misc.
Civil Rights
Students' Rights and their Limits
100
Name one way a person can practice their constitutional right to free "speech" without using his or her voice.
Symbolic speech (ex: clothing; silence; forms of protest); spending; voting
100
What case established the requirement that police inform a defendants of their basic rights before taking them into custody for the purposes of interrogation?
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
100
What landmark case ultimately led to the desegregation of public schools in the United States?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
100
Do students in public schools have all the same free speech rights as adults outside of school?
NO--many of students' free speech rights have been significantly curtailed by the Supreme Court, which often sees the school environment as an exceptional case.
200
In what case was the act of burning the American flag upheld as a constitutional form of symbolic free speech?
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
200
What is the most important power of the Supreme Court and in which case was it established?
Judicial review, established in Marbury v. Madison (1803).
200
The doctrine of "separate but equal" was established by the Supreme Court's decision in which case?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
200
In what case did the Supreme Court uphold the right of a school principal to censor the school newspaper by pulling articles relating to birth control and divorce without informing student authors/editors?
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
300
What are the constitutional requirements for serving on the Supreme Court?
there aren't any
300
Explain the practical significance of the court's decision in Roe v. Wade (1973).
States could no longer pass laws that prohibited first term abortions.
300
What was the Supreme Court's decision in Korematsu v. United States and how did the court justify the decision?
The court upheld the legality of internment of Japanese and Japanese American populations in the United States, stating that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the Japanese and Japanese Americans held in camps.
300
In which case did the court's decision make it easier for school officials to search and seize students' property? (Hint: school administrators searched a student's bag and found marijuana after catching the student smoking cigarettes)
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
400
How many African American justices have served on the Supreme Court?
2 (Thurgood Marshall; Clarence Thomas)
400
What are your Miranda Rights?
1. You have the right to remain silent. 2. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 3. You have the right to an attorney. 4. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. 5. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?
400
Who was the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
Thurgood Marshall
400
What were the facts of the case in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), and how did the court rule in the case?
John and Mary Beth Tinker wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War, violating the school's policy against armbands. The school suspended the Tinkers. The Supreme court ruled in favor of the students, arguing that no one expects students to “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
500
Name the following: -the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -the current nominee to the Supreme Court whose appointment is being considered by the Senate -the number of women currently serving on the Supreme Court AND their names
-John G. Roberts -Neil Gorsuch -3: Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Sonia Sotomayor; Elena Kagan
500
What is the "exclusionary rule" and in which case did the court rule that it applied to all states?
The exclusionary rule states that evidence collected in violation of a defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible in the courts. States were universally subjected to the exclusionary rule by the court's ruling in Mapp v. Ohio (1966).
500
How many justices voted in dissent of the court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
1--Justice John Marshall Harlan wrote a dissenting opinion that in many ways anticipated the arguments that would later be recorded in the majority opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
500
In what case did the Supreme Court uphold the constitutionality of a principal's decision to suspend a student who gave a speech heavy with sexual innuendos at a school assembly, establishing a precedent of limiting students' right to free speech that is significantly disruptive to learning or discipline?
Bethel v. Fraser (1986)