FCLE Court Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• prohibiting monopoly formation

• segregating public facilities

• establishing immigration quotas

• regulating financial markets

A person is charged with felony breaking and entering. During the court proceedings, the defendant requested an attorney and was denied the right to counsel. Which Supreme Court case overturned the trial court’s decision, due to lack of counsel?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Which of the following cases resulted in a decision that undermined civil rights and liberties in prioritization of national security?

• District of Columbia v. Helle

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Korematsu v. United States

Use the passage below, from a landmark Supreme Court case opinion, to answer the question that follows.

“So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case.”

Which Supreme Court case established the precedent described in the opinion?

• Bush v. Gore

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

In order to attract investment and business and reduce expenses, a state legislature proposes passing a law that removes the need for certain federal regulatory features relating to office and factory environments.

Which legislative action would most likely cause the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that this violated the Supremacy Clause?

• Pendleton Act

• Fair Housing Act

• Social Security Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act

Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Bland-Allison Act

• Pendleton Act

in Dred Scott v. Sandford, the court ruled

• the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent,

• That states had to right to regulate interstate commerce

• Segregation was legal

• Black Americans could vote

Mr. Smith who is a teacher at a public school makes his students recite the "our Father"

Which case ruled that what Mr. Smith did was unconstitutional?

• Bush v. Gore

• Engel v. Vitale

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• United States v. Nixon

What issue did Tinker v. Des Moines resolve?

• public school students possess First Amendments rights.

• It ended Jim Crow

• The presidential election of 2000

•  legalized abortions and established that the 4th amendment guaranteed a right to privacy

In 1963  The Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own. Which case decided this?

• Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• United States v. Nixon