Bill of Rights
He wrote the Bill of Rights.
What is James Madison?
The First Amendment includes these two clauses about religion.
What are the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause?
Non-verbal expression like wearing armbands or burning flags is called this.
What is symbolic speech?
This amendment protects the right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This organization used legal challenges to fight segregation.
What is the NAACP?
These first 10 amendments guarantee protections of individual liberties & rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Jefferson described this as the separation between church and state.
What is the Wall of Separation?
This 1969 case protected students wearing black armbands to protest Vietnam.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This 2008 case struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D.C.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
MLK wrote this document explaining civil disobedience.
What is “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”?
This process applied parts of the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment.
What is Selective Incorporation?
This 1962 case struck down mandatory school prayer.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This 1919 case established the “clear and present danger” test.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This 1972 case temporarily banned the death penalty nationwide.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
This 1954 case overturned “separate but equal.”
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This clause of the 5th Amendment requires “just compensation” when private property is taken.
What is the Takings Clause?
This test determines if government funding violates the Establishment Clause.
What is the Lemon Test?
This is when the government tries to stop publication before it is released.
What is prior restraint?
This rule excludes illegally obtained evidence from trials.
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
This 1964 law outlawed discrimination in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This amendment ensures due process before life, liberty, or property can be taken.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This 1972 case allowed Amish children to stop school after 8th grade.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
This 1971 case protected the press when publishing the Pentagon Papers.
What is New York Times v. United States?
This 1963 case gave all accused persons the right to an attorney.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This 1978 case ruled racial quotas unconstitutional but allowed limited affirmative action.
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?