Supreme Court cases
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that “the doctrine of separate but equal has no place” in the Constitution?
Brown v Board
Describe the difference between civil liberties v civil rights
Civil liberties are found directly in the bill of rights and civil rights are protections from discrimination
Protects an individual’s religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices
Amendment that protects unreasonable searches and seizures
4th amendment
New York Times v. U.S. (1971)
Protects freedom of speech and press
Had to do with publishing then classified pentagon papers without risk of government censorship or punishment
This landmark case protected the right to symbolic speech by allowing students to wear an armband at school to protest the Vietnam war
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
The clause of the United States Constitution that was used in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) was
The equal protection clause
Engel v vitale violated which clause
the establishment clause
With respect to prayer in public schools, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that
State sponsored prayer violates the establishment clause of the first amendment
Is flag burning illegal? What is the justification?
Legal/ It falls under symbolic speech
In the case of Wisconsin v Yoder where Amish students wanted to leave school to help with farm and domestic work, the court ruled that they are allowed to be removed from public school for religious reasons using which clause and amendment?
1st amendment- Free Exercise Clause
The Miranda Rights ensure protection of which amendment
5th amendment
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial. Also state amendment it falls under
What is the exclusionary rule?
4th amendment
This scenarios violates which amendment: A person who is unable to afford an attorney is tried and convicted of a crime without legal representation.
6th amendment
Explain Jim Crow laws and how it encouraged white supremacy
Jim Crow laws were legal segregation laws supported by Plessy V Ferguson. It promoted white supremacy by giving white people priority access to different goods/ services
Landmark case- State courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Affirmative action is the
commitment by a business, employer, school, or other public or private institution to expand opportunities for women, African and Hispanic Americans, and members of other minority groups.
The “wall of separation” doctrine refers to the
(A) division between levels of government
(B) unique powers possessed by each branch of government
(C) division of church and state
(D) barrier between legislative chambers
(E) differentiation of municipal powers from county powers
(C) division of church and state
Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?
Due Process
What type of speech is not protected?
Obscene speech or dangerous
This landmark case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
This important piece of 1960s legislation created equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, equal access to public accommodations regardless of race, religion, or national origin and the withholding federal grants-in-aid from state programs that discriminated on the basis of race?
What is the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Martin Luther King Jr used which clause of the 14th amendment in his letter to Birmingham to oppose segregation
The Supreme Court has ruled which of the following concerning the death penalty?
It is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Lemon test
Test that determines whether something is violating the establishment clause