SCOTUS March Madness

Landmark 1803 Supreme Court Cases that dealt with the aftermath of the "Midnight Judges" appointed in the final days of John Adams' Presidency and Thomas Jefferson's decision to have his Secretary of State James Madison not deliver the remaining appointments; Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in favor of the Jefferson Administration declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 Unconstitutional.

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Engel v. Vitale

• Baker v. Carr

Landmark Supreme Court Case from 1819 that established the implied powers through the use of elastic clause to justify the creation of a National Bank and further established national supremacy and held that a state could not tax a federal institution.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Landmark Supreme Court Case from 1919 that resulted in the creation of the "Clear and Present Danger Test" which established clear guidelines for restricting free speech in certain situtations as they would create a clear or obvious and present or immediate danger to other people.  This case therefore placed limits in speech especially in times of war.

• New York Times v. US

• Schenk v. US

• Citizens United v. FEC

• Tinker v. Des Moines

Landmark Supreme Court Case from 1954 that overturned the 1896 Supreme Court Ruling from Plessy v. Ferguson that established the "separate but equal" doctrine that institutionalized Jim Crow Segregation throughout the American South.  Led to the integration of the public education system and eventually society at large.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Shaw v. Reno

• Baker v. Carr

• Chicago v. McDonald

Landmark Supreme Court case from 1962 that prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in public schools on the basis of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment.

• Engel v. Vitale

• US v. Lopez

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Landmark 1962 Supreme Court ruling that established the "One man, one vote" principle and ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population.  It also established the idea that apportionment issues were justiciable and therfore able to be heard and ruled on by the Supreme Court leading to future rulings on the matter.

• Shaw v. Reno

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Baker v. Carr

• Bush v. Gore

What was the significance of the 1963 ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright?

• Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings.

• Established what was and was not justiciable by the Supreme Court.

• Established clear guidelines for what was and was not protected free speech in a public school setting.

• Selectively incorporated the 2nd Amendment through the 14th Amendment to the states.

What was the significance of the 1962 ruling in Baker v. Carr?

• Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings.

• Established what was and was not justiciable by the Supreme Court.

• Established clear guidelines for what was and was not protected free speech in a public school setting.

• Selectively incorporated the 2nd Amendment through the 14th Amendment to the states.

Which of the following Supreme Court Cases dealt with the Constitutional Principle of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?

• NYT v. US

  Schenk v. US

  Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board

  Baker v. Carr

  Shaw v. Reno

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

  Engel v. Vitale

  US v. Lopez

• Gideon v. Wainwright

  Citizen United v. FEC

  McCulloch v. Maryland

Which of the following terms is the term for the process of applying the Bill of Rights to the States?

• Selective Incorporation

• Judicial Review

• Justiciable

• Stare Decisis