You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Police officers tell you that you "have the right to remain silent" due to THIS 1966 precedent.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
A civil liberty from the Bill of Rights, when combined with THIS later Amendment, becomes applicable to the states and not just the federal government.
What is the 14th Amendment?
A family in Kentucky in 1985 who object to their child being taught the theory of evolution in their public school might refer to THIS 1972 precedent concerning an Amish family in Wisconsin.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The right of an individual to keep and bear arms was incorporated in THIS 2010 case.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Early free speech precedents were set during THIS period in US history, in which concerns about Leftist agitation were high following WWI.
What is the (First) Red Scare?
After committing a crime, you are appointed a public defender by they demand a bribe for their services. In addition to flagrant corruption, this would constitute a clear violation of THIS 1963 precedent.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
THIS clause in the First Amendment means that the government cannot declare an official state religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
Students in Oklahoma who are being shown a recorded message in their public school about the importance of Biblical teachings might invoke THIS 1962 precedent, which blocked the use of a nondenominational prayer in New York schools.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
The exclusionary rule was incorporated against the states in THIS 1961 case.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
Burning a flag is protected as THIS type of speech, even though it doesn't actually involve any talking.
What is symbolic speech?
The cops barge into your house and conduct a search without a warrant. They find a stash of illegal substances, but are unable to use them as evidence against you thanks to THIS precedent which incorporated THIS rule.
What is Mapp v. Ohio and the exclusionary rule?
People in the United States are protected from "double jeopardy" by this Amendment.
What is the 5th?
THIS 1971 precedent laid out the doctrine (now largely overturned) that laws concerning religion must have a secular purpose, that they not foster excessive government entanglement with religion, and that they neither advance nor inhibit religious groups.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
The establishment clause was incorporated in THIS 1947 case.
What is Everson v. Board?
The Phoenix Flyer is about to publish a damning report on corruption in the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners, and the Board orders the Flyer to cancel publication. This is a violation of THIS 1971 precedent.
What is NYT v. US?
The police believe there is evidence on your phone that you committed a crime and they tell you to give them your password so they can conduct a search. You would likely defend yourself by invoking THESE TWO amendments AND THIS 1961 precedent.
What are the 4th and the 5th and Mapp v. Ohio?
Much of the Bill of Rights was written by THIS Federalist.
Who is James Madison?
What is Cantwell v. Connecticut?
The Free Exercise clause was incorporated against the states in THIS 1940 case.
What is Cantwell v. Connecticut?
My teacher union or the Coca-Cola Corporation could hypothetically donate millions of dollars to a Super PAC supporting the Harris campaign because of THIS 2010 precedent.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
You are arrested for possessing a firearm and told on appeal that the Second Amendment only protects the formation of militias, not the individual right to bear arms. This hypothetical situation must have occurred BEFORE these TWO 21st-century precedents were set.
What are DC v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago?
The right to confront the witnesses who testify against you is a provision of THIS amendment.
What is the 6th?
An after-school tutor in a public high school who begins each tutoring session with a prayer might invoke THIS 2022 precedent in order to defend themselves from accusations of violating the Establishment Clause.
What is Kennedy v Bremerton?
Freedom of speech was first incorporated against the states in THIS 1925 case.
What is Gitlow v. New York?
You wish to protest Florida's failure to pass a 2024 state amendment legalizing recreational marijuana use by wearing a green armband to school with a slogan on it encouraging the ingestion of THC. You would likely invoke THIS 1969 precedent, while the state would likely invoke THIS OTHER 1969 precedent that originated the "imminent lawless action" test.
What are Tinker v. Des Moines and Brandenburg v. Ohio?