ap gov case quiz

Buck v. Bell (1927)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Due Process & Eugenics

Powell v. Alabama (1932)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Right to Counsel & Due Process Clause

Dejonge v. Oregon (1937)

Amendment: 1st and 14th

Issue: freedom of assembly, speech, and due process

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Amendment: 5th

Issue: Internment and due process

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Amendment: 4th

Issue: Unreasonable search and seizure

Robinson v. California (1962)

Amendment: 8th

Issue: Cruel and unusual punishment

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Libel and free press

Malloy v. Hogan (1964)

Amendment: 5th

Issue: Self incrimination

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Amendment: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th

Issue: Right to privacy; penumbra

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Free speech and incitement

Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Amendment: 8th

Issue: Cruel and unusual punishment

Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Privacy and Contraception

Miller v. California (1973)

Amendment: 1st 

Issue: freedom of speech and freedom of expression

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Right to privacy and abortion

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Amendment: 8th

Issue: Cruel and unusual punishment

California v. Bakke (1978)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Affirmative action, equal protection clause

Employment division v. Smith (1990)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Free exercise of religion 

Klopfer v. North Carolina (2007)

Amendment: 6th

Issue Right to a speedy trial

Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Student speech

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

Amendment: 2nd

Issue: Right to bear arms

Snyder v. Phelps (2011)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Free speech

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Abortion rights and due process

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Amendment: Judicial Review

Issue Judicial Review and Supreme Court Authority

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Amendment: Federalism

Issue: Federalism; implied powers and supremacy of federal law

Schenck v. U.S (1919)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Limits on speech during wartime; clear and present danger

Brown v. Board of Education (1955)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Racial segregation in public schools; desegregation enforcement

Engle v. Vitale (1962)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: School-sponsored prayer and the Establishment clause

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Amendment: 14th 

Issue: Legislative apportionment; federal courts’ role in redistricting

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Amendment: 6th via 14th

Issue: Right to legal counsel in state courts

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Amendment: 1st

Issue Student speech rights in public school

NY Times Co. v. U.S (1971)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Freedom of the press and prior restraint

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Religious freedom vs. compulsory school attendance

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Amendment: 14th

Issue: Racial gerrymandering in redistricting

US v. Lopez (1995)

Amendment: Commerce Clause

Issue: Limits of Congress’s power under the Commerce clause

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

Amendment: 1st

Issue: Campaign finance; corporate political spending as free speech

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Amendment: 2nd via 14th

Issue: Application of the right to bear arm