Supreme Court Cases 1
What was the first case to declare an act of congress unconstitutional?
What is Marbury v. Madison
The religious clause of Wisconsin v Yoder.
What is free exercise?
The case that ruled that the Gun Free Zone Act of 1992 had nothing to do with the Commerce Clause.
What was U.S. v Lopez?
What was the 1st amendment?
The idea that the Bill of Rights can be enforced in state government.
What is selective incorporation?
Hamilton referred to the idea of judicial review in Federalist Papers #
What is 78?
Name of the court that decided the Gideon v Wainwright.
What was the Warren Court?
US v Lopez violated this amendment.
What was the 10th amendment?
The Brown case overruled this previous case.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
The case that incorporated the 2nd amendment to state and local government as well?
What was McDonald v Chicago?
Case where a woman was arrested for having obscene materials found at her house by police. Evidence gathered in violation of the 4th amendment.
What is Mapp V. Ohio?
Case where a person accused of a felony was denied an attorney free of charge by a judge. Court ruled for individual because it was violation of Sixth Amendment. Right to an attorney if you can afford one.
What is Gideon V. Wainwright
The case that strengthen the federal government by ruling the National Bank was constitutional.
What was McCulloch v Maryland?
The case that ruled that state sponsored prayer in public schools was a violation of the 1st amendment.
What was Engel v Vitale?
The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause.
What was Shaw v Reno 1993?
Evidence gathered in violation of the 4th amendment is referred to as
What is the exclusionary rule?
Legalized abortion in the 1st trimester.
What was Roe v Wade?
Based on this clause the National Bank was constitutional.
What was the necessary and proper clause - Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18?
The case that ruled that congressional districts had to be basically the same number of people - the one man, one vote principle'
What was Baker v Carr?
Landmark case that ruled that corporate funding of campaigns cannot be limited under the 1st amendment free speech clause.
What is Citizens United v FEC?
Case that established the right for the government to prosecute individual speech or symbolic speech that create a clear and present danger.
What is Schenck v United States?
The amendment and clause of this amendment that was the issue in Brown v Board of Ed.
What was the 14th amendment and the equal protection clause?
The case that allow symbolic speech in the form of arm bands protesting the Vietnam War.
What was Tinker V. Des Moines?
The case that ruled the Pentagon Papers had to be released because it was a violation of free press.
What was the New York Times v United States?
Name given to a ruling by the SC court.
What is a holding?