Required SCOTUS Cases Quiz

Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime

• Marbury v. Madison

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• United States v. Lopez

• Shaw v. Reno

Speech creating a “clear or present danger” is not protected.

• Baker v. Carr

• Engel v. Vitale

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Schenck v. United States

Schools cannot sponsor religious activities.

• Engel v. Vitale

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Shaw v. Reno

Right to keep and bear arms for self-defense applies to the states.

• Marbury v. Madison

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Roe v. Wade

Establishes a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security.

• Schenck v. United States

• Shaw v. Reno

• New York Times v. United States

• McCulloch v. Maryland

Established supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

Establishes “One Man, One Vote” and opens the door to courts reviewing redistricting challenges

• Shaw v. Reno

• United States v. Lopez

• Marbury v. Madison

• Baker v. Carr

Racially gerrymandering legislative districts is unconstitutional

• Shaw v. Reno

• New York Times v. United States

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McCulloch v. Madison

Compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade is unconstitutional

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Citizens United v. FEC

• Brown v. Board of Education

The Supreme Court is allowed to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution

• McCulloch v. Madison

• Citizens United v. FEC

• Schenck v. United States

• Marbury v. Madison