Landmark Cases

Which of the following cases established the precedent that the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review?

Marbury v. Madison 1803

Which of the following cases established the precedent that the U.S. Congress had the power to establish a bank based on the necessary and proper clause?

McCullough v. Maryland 1819

Which of the following cases limited power held by the states:

Brown v. Board of Education 1954 and District of Columbia v. Heller 2008

Which of the following cases rule that states could not put limits on abortion access in the first trimester of pregnancy:

Roe v. Wade 1973

Which of the following cases established a right to privacy in the marital bedroom:

Griswold v. Connecticut 1965

Which of the following cases ruled evidence of crime collected outside of the parameters of the search cannot be used in court:

Mapp v. Ohio 1961

Which of the following cases required states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who cannot afford their own:

Gideon v. Wainwright 1963

Which of the following cases required state law enforcement to read suspects their constitutional rights before custodial interrogation:

Miranda v. Arizona 1966

Which of the following cases determined standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution:

Bush v. Gore 2000

Which of the following is a case that centered on the first amendment:

Engle v. Vitale 1962

Which of the following cases centered on political speech paid for by unions and corporations?

Citizen's United v. Federal Elections Commission 2010

A federal judge dismissed a libel lawsuit by Sarah Palin because she could not prove actual malice on the part of the New York Times. Which of the following cases reflects this position?

New York Times Co. V. Sullivan 1964

Which of the following cases established the "separate but equal" precedent?

Plessy v Ferguson 1896

Which of the following cases overturned the "separate but equal" precedent in education?

Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Which of the following cases focused on the fourteenth amendment?

Plessy v Ferguson 1896 and Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Which of the following cases limited state endorsed religious prayer in public schools?

Engle v. Vitale 1962

The power of government to take private property for public use is called:

eminent domain

Which of the following cases ruled that achieving "a diverse student body" was a "compelling public purpose,", but the method of a rigid quota of admission slots assigned on the basis of race violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause?

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1978

Which of the following cases centered on the first amendment right of freedom of the press?

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier 1988

Which of the following cases declared "students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property"?

Tinker v. Des Moines 1969