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Supreme Court: Landmark Cases

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which landmark 2008 decision overruled the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975?

a)

Marbury v Madison

b)

DC v Heller

c)

Wainwright v Gideon

d)

Miranda v Arizona

2.

Which SC decision granted the power of Judicial Review?

a)

Marbury v Madingly

b)

Madison v Marbury

c)

Marbury v Madison

d)

Bush v Gore

3.

Which SC landmark decision answered the question: Do racially segregated public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause?

a)

Tinker v Des Moines, 1969

b)

Dredd Scott v Sandford, 1857

c)

Gideon v Wainwright, 1963

d)

Brown v Board of Education, Topeka, 1954

4.

Which SC case decided that Congress had implied powers to establish a national bank under the "necessary and proper" clause of the U.S. Constitution.

a)

Gibbons v Ogden, 1824

b)

DC v Heller, 2008

c)

Schenck v US, 1919

d)

McCulloch v Maryland, 1819

5.

Engel v. Vitale (1962), was a case regarding which issue?

a)

Colleges and universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity

b)

Administrators may edit the content of school newspapers

c)

School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment

d)

Gun ownership regulations

6.

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), decided which issue?

a)

The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers

b)

Established the doctrine of judicial review

c)

Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning

d)

Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment

7.

Texas v. Johnson (1989), decided which issue?

a)

Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning

b)

Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment

c)

Students do not leave their rights at the schoolhouse door

d)

It is cruel and unusual punishment to execute persons for crimes they committed before age 18

8.

Miranda v. Arizona (1966), decided which issue?

a)

Colleges and universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity

b)

The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers

c)

Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning

d)

Established the doctrine of judicial review

9.

Obergefell v Hodges (2015), decided which issue?

a)

Right to abortion

b)

Separate schools are not equal

c)

School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment

d)

Permitted same-sex marriage

10.

Engel v. Vitale (1962), decided which issue

a)

School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment

b)

Right to due process

c)

Right to abortion

d)

States cannot nullify decisions of the federal courts

11.

NFIB v Sebelius (2012), supported the policy of which president?

a)

Clinton

b)

Obama

c)

GW Bush

d)

TRump

12.

Which controversial decision ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"?

a)

Engel v Vitale

b)

Dredd Scott v

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Brown v Board of Education Topeka

13.

Which justice is this?

a)

Stephen Breyer

b)

Antonin Scalia

c)

John Roberts

d)

Samuel Alito

14.

Which justice is this?

a)

Elena Kagan

b)

Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

d)

Sandra Day O'Connor

15.

Which justice is this?

a)

Neil Gorsuch

b)

Clarence Thomas

c)

Anthony Kennedy

d)

Brett Kavanaugh

16.

Which justice is this?

a)

John Roberts

b)

Neil Gorsuch

c)

Brett Kavanaugh

d)

Merrick Garland

17.

Citizens United v FEC (2010) overturned which Act of Congress?

a)

McConnell v. FEC (2003)

b)

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

c)

Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)

d)

FEC

18.

Riley v California (2014), decided which issue?

a)

Overturned Voting Rights Act (1965)

b)

Overturned Texas state regulations on abortion

c)

Overturned a ban on handguns

d)

Protected people against unwarranted searches of mobile phones

19.

Which Landmark decision permitted abortion in the US?

a)

Obergefell v Hodges, 2015

b)

Roe v Wade, 1972

c)

DC v Heller, 2008

d)

Roe v Wade, 1973