Judicial Review/FED Power
Free Speech & Press
Equal Protection & Due Process
Religion & Conscience
Voting & Rep ( fillers)
100

Which 1803 decision established judicial review? In deciding this case about judicial appointments, the court established the principle of judicial review, empowering the Supreme Court to declare an act of the legislative or executive branch unconstitutional

Marbury v Madison 

100

Which 1919 case introduced the clear and present danger test?  

Schenck V United States ( Speech creating a “clear and present danger” was not protected by the First Amendment and could be limited.)

100

Which 1954 ruling declared school segregation unconstitutional?

Brown v Board of Education

100

Which 1962 decision banned state-written prayer in public schools?

Engel v Vitale ( School sponsorship of religious activities violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment)

100

Which 1964 decision enforced one person, one vote for state legislatures? 

Reynolds v Sims

200

Which 1819 ruling upheld implied federal powers and denied states the right to tax the bank? 

McCulloch v Maryland ( the court established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws.)

200

Which 1969 case decision protected black armbands as symbolic student speech?

Tinker v Des Moines (A prohibition against public school students wearing black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War violated the students’ freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment.)

200

WHich 2010 case incorporated the 2nd amendment against the states ?

McDonald v Chicago 

200

Which 1972 case protected Amish families' right to withdraw children from high school?

Wisconsin v Yoder (Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment)

200

Which 2013 case invalidated the Voting Rights Act coverage formula?

Shelby County v Holder

300

Which 1962 case made redisrticiting justiciable under the equal protection clause?

Baker v Carr 

300

Which 1971 case blocked the prior restraint of the Pentagon Papers? 

New York Times v United States (This case bolstered the freedom of the press protections of the First Amendment, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.)

300

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300

Which 1947 ruling applied the Establishment Clause to the states?

Everson v Board of Education 

300

WHich 2019 ruling decalred partisan gerrymandering non justicable?

Rucho v Common Cause

400

Which 1995 decision limited Congress's commerce clause power over gun possession near schools?

United States v Lopez 

400

Which 2010 decision treated corporate political spending as a form of protected speech under the First Amendment?

Citizens United v FEC 

400

WHich 1963 decision guaranteed counsel for indigent defendants?

Gideon v Wainwright

400

Which 1963 case required unemployment benefits despite religiously motivated work refusal?

Sherbert v Verner 

400

Which 2000 case resolved the Bush-Gore Florida recount ?

Bush v Gore

500

Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, majority-minority districts, created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, may be constitutionally challenged by voters if race is the only factor used in creating the district.

Shaw v Reno 

500

Which 1989 case protected flag-burning as expressive conduct?

Texas v Johnson

500

Which 1967 case struck down bans on interracial marriage?

Loving v Virginia 

500

Which 2012 case affirmed the ministerial exception doctrine 

Hosanna-Tabor v EEOC

500

WHich 1986 decision addressed racial vote dilution 

Thornburg v Gingles