SMHS Significant Supreme Court Cases Fall 2023

Why did Gregory Johnson burn the American flag?

• Because his friend dared him to do it

• Because he wanted to stop the spread of Covid19

• Because he was protesting the re-election of Ronald Reagan

• Because he was communist

Johnson argued that burning the flag was a form of:

• Speech

• Irony

• Art

What is the MAIN REASON the Supreme Court ruled that flag-burning was actually legal?

• It was only illegal by Texas law

• It's a form of "expressive conduct" protected by the 1st Amendment

• Johnson wasn't actually hurting anyone

• It's allowed during a protest

This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the US Supreme Court.

The ultimate effect of this ruling was that the protection of the 14th Amendment was ruled to cover any national or ethnic groups of the United States for which discrimination could be proved.

• White v. Regester

• Wisonsin v. Yoder

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

Two similarities between Grutter v. Bollinger and Brown v. Board include that they both

• had to do with race and they both were about school admission.

• had to do with school funding and school admission.

• overturned previous court cases and had to do with school funding.

• None of the above.

Which of the following was brought to the Supreme Court because Mexican Americans were not allowed to participate in court juries.

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Texas v. Johnson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Mama Mia v. Yo Mama

• None of the above

Why is Mapp v Ohio important?

• It allowed the police to serve no-knock warrants

• It granted the states the right to tax

• It invalidated the 1st amendment

• Police must have a search warrant to adhere to the 4th amendment

In the Supreme Court case Grutter v. Bollinger, the courts allowed...

• colleges to use SAT scores as the only admissions factor.

• universities to use race as a factor for admissions process.

• public school to segregate children by races.

What was the outcome of Texas v Johnson?

• It allowed Texas to become its own country

• It said that burning the flag is speech protected by the 1st amendment

• It made it illegal to say bad things about Texas beef

• It got Jimmy Johnson fired from the Dallas Cowboys

School sponsorship of religious activities (teacher led / directed prayer) violates the establishment clause

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Engel v. Vitale

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Schenck v. United States