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WorksheetsSupreme Court: Landmark Cases
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which landmark 2008 decision overruled the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975?
Marbury v Madison
DC v Heller
Wainwright v Gideon
Miranda v Arizona
Which SC decision granted the power of Judicial Review?
Marbury v Madingly
Madison v Marbury
Marbury v Madison
Bush v Gore
Which SC landmark decision answered the question: Do racially segregated public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause?
Tinker v Des Moines, 1969
Dredd Scott v Sandford, 1857
Gideon v Wainwright, 1963
Brown v Board of Education, Topeka, 1954
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.
Gibbons v Ogden, 1824
DC v Heller, 2008
Schenck v US, 1919
McCulloch v Maryland, 1819
Engel v. Vitale (1962), was a case regarding which issue?
Colleges and universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity
Administrators may edit the content of school newspapers
School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment
Gun ownership regulations
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), decided which issue?
The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers
Established the doctrine of judicial review
Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning
Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment
Texas v. Johnson (1989), decided which issue?
Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning
Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment
Students do not leave their rights at the schoolhouse door
It is cruel and unusual punishment to execute persons for crimes they committed before age 18
Miranda v. Arizona (1966), decided which issue?
Colleges and universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity
The Constitution gives the federal government certain implied powers
Police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning
Established the doctrine of judicial review
Obergefell v Hodges (2015), decided which issue?
Right to abortion
Separate schools are not equal
School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment
Permitted same-sex marriage
Engel v. Vitale (1962), decided which issue
School initiated-prayer in the public school system violates the First Amendment
Right to due process
Right to abortion
States cannot nullify decisions of the federal courts
NFIB v Sebelius (2012), supported the policy of which president?
Clinton
Obama
GW Bush
TRump
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"?
Engel v Vitale
Dredd Scott v
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education Topeka
Which justice is this?
Stephen Breyer
Antonin Scalia
John Roberts
Samuel Alito
Which justice is this?
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Which justice is this?
Neil Gorsuch
Clarence Thomas
Anthony Kennedy
Brett Kavanaugh
Which justice is this?
John Roberts
Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh
Merrick Garland
Citizens United v FEC (2010) overturned which Act of Congress?
McConnell v. FEC (2003)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)
FEC
Riley v California (2014), decided which issue?
Overturned Voting Rights Act (1965)
Overturned Texas state regulations on abortion
Overturned a ban on handguns
Protected people against unwarranted searches of mobile phones
Which Landmark decision permitted abortion in the US?
Obergefell v Hodges, 2015
Roe v Wade, 1972
DC v Heller, 2008
Roe v Wade, 1973
