Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Due to the decision of this case, law enforcement officers must inform you of your right to remain silent and right to a free attorney.  

• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Heart of Atlanta v US
• New York Times v US

Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

• Administrators may limit the content of student publications

• Public school districts that segregate deny equal protection.

• Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school.

• Criminal defendants have the right to an attorney

Which Supreme Court case resulted in what was known as “the separate but equal” doctrine?

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)

• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)

The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than to the Executive or Legislative branches.

—Thomas Jefferson, 1815

Which constitutional principle is Jefferson referring to in this excerpt?

• Full faith and credit

• Popular sovereignty

• Federalism

• Judicial review

How many justices serve on Supreme Court?

• 1
• 3
• 6
• 9

Which court case overruled Plessy v Ferguson and declared that separate is not equal? 

• Mapp v Ohio
• Gideon v Wainwright
• US v Nixon
• Brown v Board of Ed

Which statement best defines "due process" of law?

• People have guaranteed rights that can only be taken away in emergencies

• Government decisions affecting individuals are made in secret to avoid publicity

• Procedures used to enforce the law are fair, reasonable, and just

• All American citizens over the age of 18 are guaranteed the right to vote in presidential elections.

What happened in American schools after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• States could continue segregation as long as facilities were separate but equal.

• Individuals of different races voluntarily stopped all forms of school segregation.

• The federal government ordered that states desegregate classes.

• Desegregation was ordered for only high schools.

This case advocated free speech in the schools in the form of an anti-war protest

• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Mapp vs. Ohio
• Morse v. Frederick

Which court case stated that students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Tinker v Des Moines
• Miranda v. Arizona