Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
McCulloch v Maryland 1819 |
established supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws |
|
|
United States v Lopez 1995 |
Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime |
|
|
Engel v Vitale 1962 |
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause |
|
|
Wisconsin v Yoder 1972 |
Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eight grade violates the free exercise clause |
|
|
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District 1969 |
public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War |
|
|
New York Times Co. v United States 1971 |
Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security |
|
|
Schenck v United States 1919 |
speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the first amendment |
|
|
Gideon v Wainwright 1963 |
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case |
|
|
Roe v Wade 1973 |
Extend the right of privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion |
|
|
McDonald v Chicago 2010 |
The second amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states |
|
|
Brown v Board of Education 1954 |
Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause |
|
|
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission 2010 |
political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment |
|
|
Baker v Carr 1961 |
Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges |
|
|
shaw v reno 1993 |
majority minority districts, crated under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, may be constitutionally challenged by voters if race is the only factor used in creating the district |
|
|
marbury v madison 1803 |
established the principle of judicial review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution |
