WGU C963 COURT CASES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Marbury v. Madison - ANS This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court
declared that the law conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the
principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by
Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford - ANS Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the
power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be
taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and
slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANS a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered
segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
United States v. Miller - ANS 1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was
constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered guns
(because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US - ANS 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order
providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally
apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor
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, Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - ANS Supreme Court ruling that overturned the
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the
field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio - ANS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - ANS A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed
by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner - ANS Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - ANS Although several state constitutions do list the right to privacy
as a protected right, the explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case, the
court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that struck down a state law
forbidding even married individuals to use any form of contraception.
Miranda v. Arizona - ANS Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of
their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to
questioning by police.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - ANS Struck down poll taxes at the state level
Tinker v. Des Moines - ANS Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it
is not disruptive
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Marbury v. Madison - ANS This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court
declared that the law conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the
principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by
Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford - ANS Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the
power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be
taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and
slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANS a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered
segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
United States v. Miller - ANS 1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934 was
constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered guns
(because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US - ANS 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order
providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was not until 1988 that Congress formally
apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each survivor
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - ANS Supreme Court ruling that overturned the
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896. "Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the
field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio - ANS Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - ANS A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed
by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner - ANS Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - ANS Although several state constitutions do list the right to privacy
as a protected right, the explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case, the
court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that struck down a state law
forbidding even married individuals to use any form of contraception.
Miranda v. Arizona - ANS Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of
their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to
questioning by police.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - ANS Struck down poll taxes at the state level
Tinker v. Des Moines - ANS Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it
is not disruptive
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
