Bill of Rights
This amendment includes freedom of speech, religion, and the press
What is the 1st Amendment
This court case established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This supreme court case established that separate facilities can be considered equal for people of different races
What is Plessy v. Fergunson?
This was the outcome of the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education
What is the end of segregation or What is Seperate is not Equal?
As of the 2023-2024 school year, this is how long Mr. Meller has been teaching at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
What is 5 years?
This is the meaning of "pleading the fifth"
What is the protection against self-incrimination
This Supreme Court case concluded that racial gerrymandering of political districts is unconstitutional
This issue was emphasized in Roe v. Wade
What is abortion?
This Supreme Court Case resulted in the belief that enslaved people are not citizens.
What is Dread Scott v Sandford?
This is the kind of shirt does Mr. Meller wear to school just about every day
What is a colored polo?
The Supreme Court Case New Jersey v. T.L.O. concerned this amendment
What is the 4th Amendment?
The Supreme Court Case of Wisconsin v. Yoder emphasized this clause
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
This court case resulted in the decision that it is constitutional for someone to burn a United States flag
What is Texas v. Johnson?
This is the origin of the term Affirmative Action
What is President John F. Kennedy's executive order?
This is the name of Mr. Meller's Dog
What is Henry James?
This landmark SCOTUS case focused on the 6th amendment
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
What is Schenck v. United States?
These are your Miranda Rights
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.”
This is when the Voting Rights Act signed into law?
What is 1965?
This is the public transportation Mr. Meller uses to get to the school on a regular basis.
What is the Long Island Railroad/LIRR?
The Court Case Morse v. Frederick raised questions about the what amendment?
What was the first supreme court case that brought up selective incorporation
What is Chicago v. McDonald?
This supreme court case popularized the Lemon Test
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
These three Supreme Court Cases raise the question if the Supreme Court is Color-Blind.
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Gratz v. Bollinger, and Grutter v. Bollinger
This is the date of Mr. Meller's Anniversary
What is January 1st?