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100
THIS case created the "clear and present danger" test.
What is Schenck v. US (1919)?
100
THIS case established “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
100
THIS clause reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
What is the establishment clause?
100
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled that the 14th Amendment meant that states, not just the federal government, must protect freedom of speech and press and may not deprive people of liberty without due process of law.
What is Gitlow v. New York (1925)?
100
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled there is limited exec­utive privilege for dip­lomatic and military af­fairs, but not when it comes to justice.
What is US v. Nixon (1974)?
200
THIS case established the SLAPS test.
What is Miller v. California (1971)?
200
THIS case reversed "separate but equal."
What is Brown v. Board of Ed­ of To­pe­ka (1954)?
200
THIS clause refers to the second half of: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ."
What is the free exercise clause?
200
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled: "Oh, dear! We lack the power to force the executive branch to do what this deserving plaintiff asks. Another court will have to handle that. Yes, part of a law Congress passed (Judi­ciary Act of 1789) meant to give us this power, but we can't take it because it's unconstitutional! So . . . we lack power in this small matter, but claim a much greater one: WE say what's constitutional. Look out, Congress & President!
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
200
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled that a president's line-item vetoes were un­constitutional even though Congress had passed a law giving the president that power.
What is Clinton v. City of New York (1998)?
300
THIS case established a 3-part test to determine if government action violates the establishment clause. Does it have significant secular purpose? excessive entangle­ment? primary effect of ad­vancing/in­hibiting religion?
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)?
300
THIS case required those in custody to be "read their rights" before anything they said could be used against them in court.
What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
300
THIS clause within the Fifth Amendment says "No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ."
What is the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?
300
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled that New York did not have the right to create a steamboat monopoly on the Hudson River.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
300
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled that President Truman did not have the au­thority to seize steel mills, even to prevent a strike during the Korean War.
What is Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer (1952)?
400
THIS case began when a light-colored Creole man named Homer offered himself as a test case, getting arrested for sit­ting in a “white” train com­partment in Louisiana.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
400
THIS case established that campaign spending was protected speech and could not be limited.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)?
400
THIS clause within the Fourteenth Amendment says ". . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ."
What is the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
400
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled it is OK to restrict individual cam­paign contributions to combat corruption -- but government interest not great enough to curtail free speech by restrict­ing spending of campaigns and spending by candidates of their own money.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)?
400
A "blue eagle" lost some feathers when SCOTUS ruled in THIS case. The Live Poultry Code violated separation of powers because it was written by the president's staff with no input from Congress -- but even if Congress had directed the law, its regulations exceeded even their constitutional powers!
What is Schechter Poultry v. US (1935)?
500
THIS case began when an English-born secretary of Brigham Young offered himself as a test case. Seventeen years later, his church would stop the practice for which he was convicted: polygamy.
What is Reynolds v. US (1879)?
500
THIS clause within the Fourteenth Amendment says "nor shall any state . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What is the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
500
In THIS case, SCOTUS ruled that denial of bilingual educa­tion by federally funded public schools violated the Civil Rights Act.
What is Lau v. Nich­ols (1974)?
500
Justice Marshall said in THIS case: "It is emphat­ically the pro­vince and du­ty of the Ju­dicial Depart­ment to say what the law is." That is . . . not the president, nor Congress.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?