First Four Cases
Which Supreme Court case gave the supreme court judicial review when looking at executive cases through all levels of government (1803)?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Supreme court case that looked at voting districts and said you can not redistrict voting in any way that would violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment (1962).
What is Baker v. Carr?
This 1971 case ruled the government could not stop newspapers from publishing Pentagon Papers if they didn't violate prior restraint.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
This 2010 case ruled that the Amendment right to bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Which Supreme Court case did not give the state of Maryland the right to tax a federal bank (1819)?
What is McCullough v. Mary?
This 1962 case struck down the practice of state-sponsored prayer in public schools.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This 1972 case said Amish Parents could not be forced to send their children to school past the 8th grade.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
This 2010 case held that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.
What is Citizens United v. federal election commission?
Which Supreme Court case ruled that speech creating a clear and present danger was not protected by the first amendment and could be limited (1919)?
What is Schenck v. United States?
This 1963 case guaranteed the right to an attorney for defendants who could not afford one in criminal trials.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This 1993 case ruled that 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.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Which Supreme Court case ruled that race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment and overruled Plessy v. Ferguson (1954)?
What is Brown v. Board of education?
This 1969 case upheld the right of students wear black armbands in a non-disruptive protest of the Vietnam War.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This 1995 case limited Congress's power by saying Congress can't enact the Gun-Free School Zones Act as it infringes on the second amendment.
What is United States v. Lopez.