Supreme Court Regents Review

The decision of Marbury v. Madison was significant because it established that the Supreme Court

• had to limit powers over state courts

• had the power to choose its own members

• could declare a federal law unconstitutional

• could impeach the president and other government officials

The Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade are similar in that both cases dealt with a woman's right to

• privacy

• medical insurance

• equal pay for equal work

• participate in school sports

The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States and the passage of the Patriot Act demonstrates the principle that the federal government can

• guarantee citizens the right to bear arms

• restrict the power of the President

• limit individual rights in times of national emergency

• expand the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected civil rights in the United States by

• ruling that segregated public facilities were unconstitutional

• rejecting the legal basis of Jim Crow laws

• approving racial segregation in public facilities

• strengthening the protections of the 14th Amendment

One way in which the Supreme Court decisions in Mapp v. Ohio (1961), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) are similar is that each decision

• defined the rights of students in public schools

• strengthened the role of the police in the arrest process

• demonstrated the court's disapproval of increasing crime rates

• expanded the constitutional rights of persons accused of crimes

Which groups benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• abolitionists

• immigrants

• slave owners

• enslaved persons

In Korematsu v. United States (1944) the Supreme Court upheld the military order excluding Japanese Americans from the West Coast on the basis that the action was considered

• a matter of national security

• a necessity for the economy

• an attempt to limit immigration from Japan

• a way to protect Japanese Americans from anti-Japanese hysteria

The Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines involved the issue of

• freedom of the press

• the rights of students in schools

• freedom of religion

• the rights of prison inmates

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US

• The National Industrial Recovery Act gave too much power to the President and the executive branch

• Congress did not have the power to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court

• The New Deal was a constitutional exercise of federal power because the Depression was a national emergency

• The federal government did not have the power to intervene in the economy, even when interstate commerce was involved.