1st Amendment Cases
14th Amendment Cases
Rights of The Accused
9th Amendment Cases
Vocabulary
100

In this landmark court case, Daniel Ellsberg leaked documents that exposed the government’s true intention in the Vietnam War to the New York Times.

New York Times V United States

100

This court case established the infamous precedent of separate but equal.

Plessy v. Ferguson

100

This court case established rights that must be read as a suspect is put under arrest.

Miranda v Arizona

100

Griswold v. Connecticut started when a piece of legislation was passed banning ____.

Birth Control

100

This judicial rule means that all lower courts must respect the ruling of a higher court.

Prescedent

200

Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah overturned legislation banning this religious practice.

Animal Sacrifice.

200

This court case established a separate legal race for Mexican Americans.

Hernandez v. Texas

200

Gideon v. Wainright was brought to the supreme court after Gideon was denied a(n) ____.

Attorney

200

Roe v. Wade was reaffirmed when Planned Parenthood v. ____ was brought before the supreme court.

Casey

200

These laws require a certain proportion of races and ethnicities within a certain population.

Affirmative Action

300

In the case of Texas v Johnson, symbolic speech was ruled to be protected under the Constitution after Johnson was arrested for this publicly distasteful act.

Flag burning

300

This court case was brought to the supreme court after, there was suspicion of racial prejudice in law school admissions.

Grutter v. Bollinger

300

The exclusionary rule only applied to federal court cases until this monumental court case was brought before the supreme court.

Mapp v. Ohio

300

This court cased challenged legislation banning abortions unless it indangered the life of the mother.

Roe v.Wade

300

The establishment clause prevents the federal government from establishing ____.

Religion

400

The supreme court established the clear and imminent danger test in this controversial court case.

Brandenburg v Ohio

400

The supreme court ruled in favor of ___ in Fisher v. UT

UT

400

Miranda's confession was thrown out as evidence based on this amendment.

The 5th ammendment

400

Roe v. Wade was recently overruled by this court case.

Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization

400

This constitutional doctrine means that only certain parts of the bill of rights are enforced on the states.

Incorporation

500

In Schenck v. US, Schenck was charged with violation of this act in the midst of World War One.

The Espionage Act

500

This court case overturned Plessy v Furgeson.

Brown v. Board of Education

500

The majority ruled in favor of Dolly Mapp on the grounds of the fourteenth amendment. However Justice Black concurred on basis of the ____ amendment.

5th Amendment

500

"Jane Roe" used a psuedonym as opposed to her legal name, _____

Norma Leah Nelson

500

This rule protects citizens from crimes commited before legislation prohibiting said acts become law.

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