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