WGU C963 COURT CASES EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED NEW!!
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - Answer >>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 - Answer >>The Supreme Court held that the police must inform
accused persons of their right to an attorney and protection against self-incrimination
before they may be subjected to questioning.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - Answer >> Dstruck state-level poll taxes
Tinker v. Des Moines - Answer >>Students have the right to symbolic speech at school
as long as it is not disruptive
Brandenburg v. Ohio - Answer >>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 - Answer >>A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining
obscenity by holding that community standards be used to determine whether material
is obscene in terms of appealing to a "prurient interest" and being "patently offensive"
and lacking in value.
Marbury v. Madison - Answer >> This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The
Supreme Court held that the statute conflicted with the U.S. Constitution and the case
established the principle of judicial review where the Supreme Court has the authority
to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional.
,Dred Scott v. Sanford - Answer >>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 - Answer >>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 - Answer >>1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934
was constitutional, allowed federal govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered
guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US - Answer >>1944 Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court
found that the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans was
constitutional. Not until 1988 did Congress officially apologize and agree to pay $20,000
2 each survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - Answer >>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 - Answer >>Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states
(evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - Answer >>Indigent defendant may have counsel provided by the
state
Sherbert vs. Verner - Answer >>Unemployment compensation cannot be withheld
because of religion
Cohen v. California - Answer >>This case involved an arrest and conviction for
disturbing the peace for wearing a jacket expressing opposition to the draft (and the
,Vietnam War). The conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court since his actions
were silent and he made no attempt to otherwise disturb the peace.
Roe v. Wade - Answer >(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to
privacy
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - Answer >> A 2010 landmark Supreme
Court case that ruled that individuals, corporations, and unions could give unlimited
amounts of money to groups that make independent political expenditures.
Natural Rights - Answer >>The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by
God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - Answer >>A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - Answer >>The requirement that government, when dealing with people,
have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - Answer >>An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - Answer >>Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and
purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - Answer >>A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - Answer >>An election in which the winner is determined by the number of
individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - Answer >>A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be
elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the
, upper house would be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - Answer >>A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - Answer >> Also referred to as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan creating a bicameral
legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and
equal representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - Answer >>A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - Answer >>The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - Answer >>A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of
government to work together.
Separation of Powers - Answer >>The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - Answer >>A form of government which power is divided between state
governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - Answer >>The powers given specifically to the national
government through the Constitution; the power to regulate interstate and foreign
trade, raise and maintain military forces, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign
policy.
Reserved Powers - Answer >>The powers not denied to the states or delegated to the
national government; powers reserved for the states and denied to the federal
SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED NEW!!
Grsiwold v. Connecticut - Answer >>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 - Answer >>The Supreme Court held that the police must inform
accused persons of their right to an attorney and protection against self-incrimination
before they may be subjected to questioning.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - Answer >> Dstruck state-level poll taxes
Tinker v. Des Moines - Answer >>Students have the right to symbolic speech at school
as long as it is not disruptive
Brandenburg v. Ohio - Answer >>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 - Answer >>A 1973 Supreme Court decision that avoided defining
obscenity by holding that community standards be used to determine whether material
is obscene in terms of appealing to a "prurient interest" and being "patently offensive"
and lacking in value.
Marbury v. Madison - Answer >> This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The
Supreme Court held that the statute conflicted with the U.S. Constitution and the case
established the principle of judicial review where the Supreme Court has the authority
to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional.
,Dred Scott v. Sanford - Answer >>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 - Answer >>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 - Answer >>1939; ruled that the National Firearms Act of 1934
was constitutional, allowed federal govt to ban interstate shipping of some unregistered
guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US - Answer >>1944 Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court
found that the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans was
constitutional. Not until 1988 did Congress officially apologize and agree to pay $20,000
2 each survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) - Answer >>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 - Answer >>Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states
(evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - Answer >>Indigent defendant may have counsel provided by the
state
Sherbert vs. Verner - Answer >>Unemployment compensation cannot be withheld
because of religion
Cohen v. California - Answer >>This case involved an arrest and conviction for
disturbing the peace for wearing a jacket expressing opposition to the draft (and the
,Vietnam War). The conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court since his actions
were silent and he made no attempt to otherwise disturb the peace.
Roe v. Wade - Answer >(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to
privacy
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - Answer >> A 2010 landmark Supreme
Court case that ruled that individuals, corporations, and unions could give unlimited
amounts of money to groups that make independent political expenditures.
Natural Rights - Answer >>The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by
God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - Answer >>A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - Answer >>The requirement that government, when dealing with people,
have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - Answer >>An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - Answer >>Coherent philosophies about the structure, power, and
purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - Answer >>A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - Answer >>An election in which the winner is determined by the number of
individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - Answer >>A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be
elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the
, upper house would be chosen by the lower house.
New Jersey Plan - Answer >>A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - Answer >> Also referred to as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan creating a bicameral
legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and
equal representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - Answer >>A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - Answer >>The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - Answer >>A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of
government to work together.
Separation of Powers - Answer >>The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - Answer >>A form of government which power is divided between state
governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - Answer >>The powers given specifically to the national
government through the Constitution; the power to regulate interstate and foreign
trade, raise and maintain military forces, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign
policy.
Reserved Powers - Answer >>The powers not denied to the states or delegated to the
national government; powers reserved for the states and denied to the federal
