Power
established Judicial Review, empowering Supreme Court to declare acts of the other two branches unconstitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
Overthrew Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of "separate but equal" and ruled that race-based school segregation violates the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
What is True?
school sponsored religious activities violates the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
established supremacy of Constitution and federal laws over state laws (Maryland cannot tax the national bank)
What is McCullogh v. Maryland (1819)?
the courts have the right to rule on redistricting if it violates the 14th Amendment
What is Baker v. Carr (1962)?
Speech creating a “clear and present danger” was not protected by the First Amendment and could be limited.
What is Schenk v. United States (1919)?
Ruled against a school district that violated students’ freedom of speech protections through the banning of Vietnam War protest armbands
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
What is McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?
The name of Mr. Spinrad's Cat
What is Spinrad's Cat?
political spending is a form of free speech protected by the 1st Amendment
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)?
Confirmed Amish students right to refuse to attend school past the eight grade, citing the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
Congress making the possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime oversteps its power under the Commerce Clause
What is United States v. Lopez (1995)?
1993 case where majority/minority districts (created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965) could be constitutionally challenged if race is the only factor
What is Shaw v. Reno (1993)?
Strengthened freedom of press protections by creating a strict “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in national security case
What is New York Times v. United States?
The classes that Spinrad teaches.
What are AP US Government, AP Microeconomics, or Psychology?
6th Amendment right to an attorney extends to all accused of a felony
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)?
organizing/dividing an area into new districts
What is redistricting?
The name of Mr. Spinrad's Cat
What is Spinrad's Cat?
Spinrad plays this instrument
What is drums?