Judicial Branch and Landmark Supreme Court Cases Quiz

What is the main power of the Supreme Court and the federal judicial branch?

• Constitutional review

• Executive review

• Judicial review

• Legislative review

Who was the judge appointed by John Adams in 1801, leading to the landmark Supreme Court case of Marbury vs. Madison?

• Marbury

• John Marshall

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

• Segregation was legal if facilities were equal

• Segregation was unconstitutional

• Segregation was not addressed

• Segregation was illegal

Who was the Chief Justice who wrote the opinion in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education?

• Homer Plessy

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Marshall

• Earl Warren

What was the main precedent established by Brown vs. Board of Education?

• Separate but equal

• Segregation in schools

• Racial tension

• Equal protection under the law

What was the main precedent established by In re Gault regarding juvenile rights?

• Right to a lawyer

• Right to remain silent

• Right to confront accuser

• All of the above

What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Tinker vs. Des Moines regarding students' free speech rights?

• Students have free speech rights only outside school

• Students have unrestricted free speech rights

• Students have no free speech rights

• Students have free speech rights at school

What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier regarding students' freedom of the press?

• Students have unrestricted freedom of the press

• Students have no freedom of the press

• Students have freedom of the press only outside school

• Limits students first amendment rights while writing for a school news organization.

What was the main precedent established by the case of Gideon vs. Wainwright regarding the right to a lawyer?

• Right to a lawyer for everyone

• Right to a lawyer for serious crimes only

• Right to a lawyer for state courts only

• Right to a lawyer for federal courts only

What were the rights that the Supreme Court ruled must be notified to individuals under arrest, as established by Miranda vs. Arizona?

• Right to confront accuser and right to a lawyer

• Right to remain silent and right to a lawyer

• Right to remain silent and right to a fair trial

• Right to remain silent and right to confront accuser