SC Cases

5 Written Questions

1. invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag
2. Ruled that the First Amendment did not protect speech encouraging insubordination during times of war. The circumstances of wartime permit greater restrictions on free speech than would be allowable during peacetime.
3. Ruled redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause. But the people doing redistricting must be conscious of race to the extent that they must ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
4. Established the actual malice standard (which has to be met before press reports about public officials or public figures can be considered to be defamation and libel)
5. Obscene material doesn't fall under first amendment protection/established the miller test

5 Matching Questions

1. McCulloch v. Maryland
2. Palko v. CT
3. Grutter v. Bollinger/Gratz v. Bollinger
4. Roe v. Wade
5. Marbury v. Madison

1. a upheld the affirmative action admissions policy
2. b Decided some rights are more fundamental than others; applied to selective incorporation
3. c When the Constitution conflicts with an act of the legislature, that act is invalid. Also established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
4. d declared Tx law "abortions are illegal except to save a woman's life" unconstitutional. Woman's right to privacy
5. e Constitution is the highest law in the land

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution
   1. Roe v. Wade
   2. Gibbons v. Ogden
   3. US v. Nixon
   4. Gitlow v. NY
2. held that the First Amendment applied to public schools, and that administrators would have to demonstrate constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom.
   1. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
   2. Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
   3. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
   4. Grutter v. Bollinger/Gratz v. Bollinger
3. SC found that only US citizens could be state citizens & only Congress could confer national citizenship. Reached the conclusion that no person descended from an American slave had ever been a citizen for Article III purposes. The Court then held the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
   1. Roe v. Wade
   2. Bush v. Gore
   3. Dred Scott v. Sanford
   4. Shaw v. Reno
4. Established miranda warnings and applied 5th amendment to states
   1. Miranda v. Arizona
   2. Miller v. CA
   3. Furman v. Georgia
   4. Marbury v. Madison
5. SC ruled that the display was not an effort to advocate a particular religious message and had "legitimate secular purposes." Didn't fail Lemon Test and ruled that the crèche is a passive representation of religion and that the crèche has a legitimate secular purpose within a larger holiday display to celebrate the season and the origins of Christmas which has long been a part of Western culture.
   1. Bush v. Gore
   2. Lynch v. Donelly
   3. Roe v. Wade
   4. Mapp v. OH

5 True/False Questions

1. US v. Nixon → crucial precedent limiting the power of any U.S. president.

   True        False

2. Griswold v. Connecticut → The power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution

   True        False

3. Korematsu v. U.S. → Only SC case to uphold restrictions on civil liberties

   True        False

4. Mapp v. OH → Decided some rights are more fundamental than others; applied to selective incorporation

   True        False

5. Employment Divison, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith → SC ruled that because prayer delivered "on school property, at school-sponsored events, over the school's public address system, by a speaker representing the student body, under the supervision of school faculty, and pursuant to a school policy that explicitly and implicitly encourages public prayer" are not private, but public speech. "Regardless of the listener's support for, or objection to, the message, an objective Santa Fe High School student will unquestionably perceive the inevitable pregame prayer as stamped with her school's seal of approval."

   True        False