Supreme Court Case Review

Rights

Checks and Balances

Equal Treatment under the Law

Established the Courts Power of Judicial Review

1. Marbury v. Madison

2. McCulloch v. Maryland

3. State v. Mann

4. Leandro v. North Carolina

The Necessary and Proper Clause was Interpreted to include creation of a National

Bank in the case

1. Marbury v.Madison

2. McCulloch v. Maryland

3. State v. Mann

4. Leandro v. North Carolina

The ability to review laws and declare them unconstitutional is called

1. Veto power

2. Apportionment

3. Judicial Review

4. Impeachment

The Elastic Clause is also known as

1. Judicial Review

2. Executive Order

3. Implied Powers Clause

4. Writ of Habeas Corpus

The Case in which the NC Supreme Court required schools to provide an

“equal basic education”

1. State v. Mann

2. Leandro v. North Carolina

3. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools

4. Baker v. Carr

State Supremacy over local laws was established in the case

1. State v. Mann

2. Leandro v. North Carolina

3. Marbury v. Madison

4. McCulloch v. Maryland

National Supremacy over State Laws was upheld in the case involving the National Bank called

1. Marbury v. Madison

2. McCulloch v. Maryland

3. State v. Mann

4. Leandro v. North Carolina

“Separate but Equal” as a doctrine was declared unconstitutional in the case

1. Marbury v. Madison

2. McCulloch v. Maryland

3. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

4. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools

Voting Districts should be of equal population according to

1. Marbury v. Madison

2. Korematsu v. United States

3. Reynolds v. Simms

4. Baker v. Carr

Gerrymandering to benefit a racial group is unconstitutional

1. Baker v. Carr

2. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS

3. Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

4. Reynolds v. Simms

The amendment that requires states to ensure equal treatment under the law

and due process of the law

1. 10

2. 14

3. 22

4. 17

Which right of Japanese American citizens was suspended according to the case

Korematsu v. United States

1. Freedom of speech

2. Writ of Habeas Corpus

3. Freedom from a bill of attainder

4. Freedom from double jeopardy

Burning a flag as a form of symbolic speech was protected in

1. Texas v. Johnson

2. Tinker v. Des Moines

3. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

4. Gitlow v. New York

Which case protects a student’s right to symbolic speech?

1. Texas v. Johnson

2. Tinker v. Des Moines

3. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

4. New Jersey v. TLO

Student Search Rights were reviewed in the case

1. Texas v. Johnson

2. Tinker v. Des Moines

3. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

4. New Jersey v. TLO

According to the decision in Mapp v. Ohio, any evidence seized without a warrant

1. To be considered by the jury

2. To be considered by the judge

3. To be excluded from the court

4. To be held in an evidence locker for 10 years

A person’s right to remain silent was extended by

requiring that police explain a person’s right in

1. Mapp v. Ohio

2. New Jersey v. TLO

3. Gideon v. Wainwright

4. Miranda v. Arizona

States must appoint an attorney for those who cannot afford one according to

1. Mapp v. Ohio

2. New Jersey v. TLO

3. Gideon v. Wainwright

4. Miranda v. Arizona

The “separation of church and state” is upheld in the decision

1. Tinker v. Des Moines

2. Wisconsin v. Yoder

3. Wallace v. Jaffree

4. Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier about?

1. Student’s right to free press

2. Use of prior restraint by a school official

3. Limited rights of students in order to protect privacy rights and a learning environment

4. All of the above

When a local government placed a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn, the Supreme Court said

they violated

1. Freedom of religious expression

2. Freedom from religious establishment

Freedom of Religious Expression Includes

1. Choosing one’s own faith

2. Choosing to practice religious rituals that are not harmful to others

3. Choosing to symbolically express one’s religious faith

4. All of the above

Freedom from Religious Establishment includes

1. Government may not promote or establish a religion for the people

2. Government may not establish the religious rituals for people such as prayer time, Bible readings, holiday rituals

3. Government may not promote symbolically a religion

4. All of the above

According to Lemon V. Kurtzman a government could give $ to a parochial

(religious) school if

1. The $ was not for a religious purpose intentionally

2. The $ would not promote a religious purpose

3. Giving the money would not cause an “excessive entanglement” between church and state

4. All of the above

In Everson v. Board of Education, tax dollars spent for this did not violate the establishment clause

1. To hire teachers in a religious school

2. To pay for religious texts in a school

3. To pay for bus fare for students to attend school

4. To pay for religious symbols in the school

Forcing someone to say the pledge was found to be a violation of a person’s

freedom to religious expression in

1. Abbingdon v. Schempp

2. Schenck v. United States

3. West Virginia v. Barnette

4. Alleghany v. ACLU

The President’s use of “Executive Privilege” (to keep a secret) was limited by the

Supreme Court Ruling in

1. U.S. v. Nixon

2. U.S. v. New York Times

The U.S. government’s ability to use prior restraint was limited by the Supreme Court’s ruling in

1. US v. Nixon

2. US v. New York Times

What is prior restraint?

1. Ability of a government official to prevent something from being published

2. Ability of a government to punish someone for publishing information that violated national security (treason)

When can the government use prior restraint?

1. Whenever it wants

2. When the information to be published would harm national security