WGU C963 Court Cases Exam Review Study Questions/Answers
Graded A+ 2025/2026
United States v. Miller - 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 - 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
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - 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 - Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner - Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - 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 - 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 - Struck down poll taxes at the state level
Tinker v. Des Moines - Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as
it is not disruptive
Brandenburg v. Ohio - 1969--Determined that a law that proscribes advocacy of
violence for political reform is constitutional if applied to speech that is not directed
toward producing imminent lawlessness and is not likely to produce such action is not
constitutional.
Miller v. California - A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining obscenity by
holding that community standards be used to determine whether material is obscene in
Graded A+ 2025/2026
United States v. Miller - 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 - 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
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - 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 - Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence
seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government
Sherbert vs. Verner - Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - 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 - 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 - Struck down poll taxes at the state level
Tinker v. Des Moines - Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as
it is not disruptive
Brandenburg v. Ohio - 1969--Determined that a law that proscribes advocacy of
violence for political reform is constitutional if applied to speech that is not directed
toward producing imminent lawlessness and is not likely to produce such action is not
constitutional.
Miller v. California - A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining obscenity by
holding that community standards be used to determine whether material is obscene in
