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scotus quiz

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 3hrs 28mins

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McCullough v Maryland took place in

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Background/Facts of McCullough v Maryland:

- 1791: _______ was established

- there was a big ____ over how much power the _____ should have and if it is _____.

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Constitutional Issue with McCullough v Maryland:

- Does the _____ have the ______ right to ______ a ____ bank?

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Court's Majority Decision for McCullough v Maryland

- majority was _____

- in favor of ___ and the _____

- the government didn't have the ___ to the ____ as an ____ power

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Impact and pecedent of McCullough v Maryland:

- states don't have the power to ____ or ____ on _____ laws passed by ____

- _____ can't ___ the government even though the ___ is operating in Maryland

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A similar case to McCullough v Maryland is

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US v Lopez took place in

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Background Facts of US v Lopez:

- Power the ____ doesn't have is reserved for the ____

- Lopez states that the ______ passed by ____ was beyond its power

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Constitutional Issue of US v Lopez

- Did ____ have the power to pass the _______

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Majority Decision of US v Lopez:

- ruled in favor of ____ who stated that ___ didn't have the right to pass the ___, which had him ____

- the Supreme Court ruled that ____ had exceeded its constitutional ____ under the ______ when it passed a law prohibiting _____ in local school zones.

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Impact and Precedent of US v Lopez:

- the agreement that "_____" the education system will ____ the ecnonmy

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Cases similar to US v Lopez

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Engel v Vitale took place in

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Background of Engel v Vitale:

- the Amendment protects the right to ____ yet also shields Americans from the _____of _____-_____ ______.

- The ____ were ____ using prayers from the local school ____.

- A ____ led ____

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Constitutional Issue of Engel v Vitale:

- Does the _____ of a ____ in public school ____ the ______ ____ of the ____ Amendment?

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Court Majority Decision of Engel v Vitale:

- The Court decided ____

- The Court ruled in favor of ___

- SCOTUS ruled that ____- sponsored ____ was _____ because it violated the ______ _____

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Impact and Precedent of Engel v Vitale:

- Established ___ vs ____

- Schools couldn't ____a sponsored ___ on students

- students have the ability to pray ____

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Cases similar to Engel v Vitale:

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When did Wisconsin v Yoder take place?

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Background facts of Wisconsin v Yoder:

- The Amendment protects the rights of people to exercise their ____ freely

- Forcing kids to go to school past _____ impacted ____ development and exercise

- The three ____ parents refused to send their children to ___ after the ____ grade, arguing that high school attendance was ____ to their ____ beliefs.

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Constitutional Issue of Wisconsin v Yoder

- Under what conditions does the ____'s interest in promoting _____ override parent's Amendment right to free exercise of ___

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Court Majority decision of Wisconsin v Yoder:

- Court decided ____

- In favor of ___

- The court agreed that the ____ of the three parents was a violated of the ___ _____ clause of the __ Amendment

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Impact and Precedent of Wisconsin v Yoder:

- an individual's right to exercise their ___ beliefs under the ___ Amendment takes ___ over the state's interests in _____.

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Case similar to Wisconsin v Yoder:

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When did Tinker v Des Moines take place:

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Background Facts of Tinker v Des Moines:

- Students in Des Moines, Iowa decided to show ___ to the ______ by wearing _____ _____.

- The school found out and said that whoever wore the _____ would be _____

- 3 students wore them anyways and were ___ ___. Their parents then ____ the school because their kid's freedom of ____ was infringed upon

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Constitutional Issue of Tinker v Des Moines:

- Does the ____ of ___ ____ as a form of symbolic ___ violate the student's right to freedom of ___ under the __ Amendment?

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Court Majority Decision of Tinker v Des Moines:

- Majority In favor of ____

- Court decided that banning the ___ went against the right to freedom of ___ which is protected under the __ Amendment

- However, the SCOTUS makes it clear that schools can ___ speech if it would cause "______ _____"

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Impact and Precedent of Tinker v Des Moines:

- ____ student's rights to ____ of speech as long as it was ____ and not substantially ____

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Case similar to Tinker v Des Moines

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What year did NY Times Co v USA take place

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Background Facts of NYTC v USA:

- The US involvement in the _____ war became increasingly ____ and unpopular among Americans as ___ persisted over a decade

- Daniel Ellsberg ____ the idea of the ____ war so much that he illegally ____ classified reports, which we then ____ to major _____, like ____

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Constitutional Issue of NYTC v USA:

- Did the government's effort to prevent two ____ from _____ classified information given to them by a ____ violate the Amendment protection of the freedom of ____?

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Court's Majority decision of NYTC v USA:

- The Supreme Court ruled in favor of ____

- Stated that the ___ trying to stop publication violated the ______ under the __ Amendment

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Impact and precedent of NYTC v USA:

- The act of attempting to stop ___ from being ___ via ___ is now recognized as a ____ of the ___ Amendment freedom of the ____

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Case similar to NYTC v USA:

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What year did Schenck v US take place?

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What are the background facts of Schenck v US:

- After the USA entered ___, congress instituted a military ___ when is passed the selective service ___. In order to protect the ___ effort, Congress also passed the _____ Act of ___

- Charles Schenck ___ the US participation in ___. He was arrested for violating the ___ Act after sending out 15,000 ___ urging ___ to the ___ to men who had been drafted

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Constitutional Issue of Schenck v US:

-Is a ____ sent to ___ when the nation is at ___ urging them to peacefully ___ the ___ protected by the freedom of ___ and ___ in the __ Amendment?

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Court's majority decision of Schenck v US:

- Court decided unanimously with ___ and upheld ____'s conviction

- _____'s actions were not protected by the free ____ clause.

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Impact and Precedent of Schenck v US:

- the Freedom of Speech does not ___ a man in falsely "shouting ___ in a ____" and causing ____

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When does Gideon v Wainwright take place

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Background facts of Gideon v Wainwright:

- government must not prevent someone from ____ a ___

- due ____

- judge ____ request for ____

- Gideon ____ the supreme court from ___

- Gideon argued that the trials court decision ____ his constitutional ___ to be represented by a ____

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Constitutional issue of Gideon v Wainwright:

- does the ____ amendment’s right to a in ___ cases extend to felony defendants in ____ courts

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Decision of gideon v wainwright:

- court decision was unanimous sided with ____

- court decided that it was ____ with the constitution to ____ states courts to appoint ___ for defendants who can’t _____ to attain one

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impact and precedent of gideon v wainwright:

- the ___ amendment guarantee of a right to ______ applies to ____ defendants by way of the ___ amendment

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case similar to gideon v wainwright:

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What year did mcdonald v chicago take place

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background facts of mcdonald v chicago:

- there has been an ongoing ___ about the meaning of the ___ amendment

- the debate ____ when the scotus struck down a ___ ban in ____, which was controversial bc it was not a ____

- before ___ the scotus had ___ ruled on whether the ___ amendments right to ____ was one of the ____ rights that ____ couldnt infringe upon.

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constitutional issue with mcdonald w chicago:

- does the ____ amendment right to ____ apply to ___ and ____ govs through the ____ amendment, thus _____ chicago and other cities ability to _____ guns?

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court majority decision of mcdonald v chiacgo:

- majority of the court sided with ____

- decided that the ___ amendment right to ____ for the purpose of ____ if fully applicable to the ____ under the ___ amendment

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impact and precedent of mcdonald v chiacgo:

- ____ is now considered a basic right and under ___, it it under the central component of the ___ amendment to ___ __-

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case similar to mcdonald v chiacgo:



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when did brown v board of edu take place

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background facts of brown v board of edu:

- the ___ amendment was adopted to the constitution and states that states must give people ____ ____ of the laws

- Linda Brown, an _______ student tried to gain admission to a summer ___. she was _____ because of her ___ as the summer school was for ____ only

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constitutional issue of brown v board:

- does the ____ of public ___ by ___ violate the ___ ____ clause of the ____ amendment

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court majority decision of brown v board:

- scotus ruled in favor of ____

- ruled that ___ of public ____ violated the ___ amendments equal ___ clause

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impact and precedent of brown v board:

- schools could no longer ______ ____ or deny a child of the ability to attend a ____ due to ___

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case similar to brown v board

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what year did shaw v reno take place

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background facts of shaw v reno:

- even after the passing of the _______ amendments, ____ persisted

- representatives began to ___ their districts based on ____ in order to help them get ___, otherwise known as ____

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constitutional question of shaw v reno:

- does drawing ____ based on violate the ____ ____ clause of the ___ amendment?

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court decision of shaw v reno:

- ruled in favor of ____

- stated that it was unlawful to ___ based on ___ and ____.

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impact and precedent of shaw v reno:

- states had to ____ that their _____ plans could be ___ by compelling state ____ and their plan had to be the most ____ possible.

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case similar to shaw v reno:

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what year did citizens united vs fec take place

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background facts of citizens utd v fec:

- citizens utd sought an ____ against the fec to prevent its ____ (______) from being applied to its film on ____ and their ____ on her

- the ____ was meant to restrict cooperations from funding ____ about ____ candidates without their _____

- citizens utd argued that sections of the ____ violates the ___ amendment

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constitutional question of citizens utd v fec:

- does the ____’s restrictions on citizens utd violate their ability to free under the ___ amendment

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court decision of citizens utd v fec:

- court ruled in favor of ____

- majority held that ___ ___ clause of the amendment prohibits the gov from cooperations from _____ out against _____ campaigns

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impact and precedent of citizens utd v fec:

- the majority maintained that ____ ____ is ____ to a democracy which is no less ___ because the ___ comes from a ____

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case similar to citizens utd v fec

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what year did baker v carr take place

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background facts of baker v carr:

- before the case ____ we’re responsible for determining its ____ ____

- in the 19___s, tennessee was still using ___ from ____ census

- before this case, the scotus ___ to ____ in any ____ case

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constitutional question of baker v carr:

- do ___ courts have the ___ to decide cases about the ___ of population into ___ legislative ____?

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court decision of baker v carr:

- sided with ___

- concluded that ___ courts have the authority to enforce ____ of ___ protection of the laws against ____ official

- concluded that there is no inherited reason why ____ cannot determine whether state ___ are ____ drawn

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impact and precedent of baker v carr:

- tennessee’s legislative ____ violated bakers ___ amendment rights

- established the right of ______ to review ____ issues

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what year did marbury v madison take place

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background facts of marbury v madison:

- ____ beat ____ in the ____ presidential election

- before ____ took office, ____ passed the ____ ____ of ____ which was meant to ____ his successor and give the ____ more control over the ____ of judges

- william marbury has been appointed, but his ____ had not been delivered by secretary of state, ____ who then he sued because of

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constitutional issue of marbury v madison:

- did marbury have a right to receive his ____?

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court decision of marbury v madison:

- ruled in favor of ____

the court found madison’s ____ to deliver the ____ to be ____ and ____.

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impact and precedent of marbury v madison:

- court didn’t have the power to ____ the constitution through the regular ____ because the ____ clause placed the constitution before ____. Therefore, ____ ____ established the principle of ____ ____ giving the court the ability to declare a law ____

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case similar to marbury v madison:



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what year did clinton v nyc take place

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background facts of clinton v nyc:

- clinton carried out ____ duties to cut portions of acts that affected ____ and ____ workers

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constitutional question of clinton v nyc:

-was the presidents ability to cancel portions of ____ under the ____ ____ ____ act a violation of the constitution?

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court decision of clinton v nyc:

- - majority said that acts must be ____ fully and ____ fully and the president ____ pick and choose from bills

- court sided with ____

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impact and precedent of clinton v nyc:

- The ___ ____ ___ Act is unconstitutional because the Constitution of the United States of America ____ authorize the President of the United States of America to amend ____

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similar cases to clinton v nyc

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