Landmark Supreme Court Cases
This Supreme Court case gave federal abortion protections and has been since overturned
What is Roe v. Wade?
This Constitutional Amendment protects the right to speech, petition, religion, and press
What is the First Amendment?
This Virginia law outlaws all hunting expect for this animal on Sundays
What are racoons?
This case involved this actor/football player who killed his ex-wife and her friend
Who is OJ Simpson?
A verdict is reached by this in a courtroom
What is a jury?
This Supreme Court case established that "separate but equal is not equal."
What is Brown, et al. v. Board?
This Constitutional amendment established prohibition across the United States and was later overturned by the 21st amendment
What is the 18th amendment?
This United States law outlaws this on main roads
What is skating?
This trial was a result of a scandal that eventually led to the resignation of a Republican President just before his re-election
What is Watergate?
The term Burden of Proof often falls upon this during a trial
What is the prosecution?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This Constitutional amendment outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
South Carolina outlawed children from playing this game in arcades
What is a pinball machine?
In this trial, commonly coined the “Monkey” trial, a teacher was tried for teaching evolution in this U.S. state, violating the law at that time
What is Tennessee?
This protection, meaning right to due process, was illegally suspended by Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War
What is the Writ of Habeas Corpus?
What is Trump v. United States?
This Constitutional Amendment protects the right of one to not self incriminate
What is the Fifth Amendment?
It is illegal to keep donkeys in bathtubs in this state
What is Arizona?
This American gangster who spent time at Alcatraz, one of the most secure prisons of all time, was arrested not for his violent crimes but rather tax evasion.
This is an order for someone to appear in court or to turn over documents
What is a subpoena?
This Supreme Court case established that eugenics, the practice of forced sterilization, is legal and has been since overturned.
What is Buck v. Bell?
This debated Constitutional Amendment which has not entered the U.S. Constitution would provide equal rights on the basis of gender
What is the Equal Rights (28th) amendment?
A city in this state outlaws eating candy less than 90 minutes before church
What is West Virginia?
This character claimed responsibility for the deaths of 5 people between the 1970s and 80s and was never caught.
Who is the Zodiac Killer?
This word means a written statement certified to be true
What is an affidavit?