AP GoPo Required Supreme Court Cases

This case established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What case declared that Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime?

• U.S. v. Lopez

• Gonzales v. Raich

• Wickard v. Filburn

• United States v. Morrison

This case ruled that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

• Citizens United v. FCC

• Buckley v. Valeo

• McCutcheon v. FEC

• Shelby County v. Holder

This case ruled the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states.

• McDonald v. Chicago

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• United States v. Lopez

• Roe v. Wade

What case ruled that compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause?

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War was upheld by

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

What case ruled that speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment?

• Schenck v. United States

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

• Texas v. Johnson

This case guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent in a state felony case.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Argersinger v. Hamlin

• Powell v. Alabama

This case extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.

• Roe v. Wade

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Lawrence v. Texas

What case ruled that school sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause?

• Engel v. Vitale

• Lemon v. Kurtzman

• Abington School District v. Schempp

• Wallace v. Jaffree