POLS 102 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | NEW
UPDATE 2025
Arizona v. US (2012) - ANSWER *brings up issue of racial profiling with stricter
immigration laws
*Supreme court struck down parts of policy while upholding others (in CON, fed.
gov. has power of regulation immigration)
*allowed police to stop people and ask for their papers in certain situations
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) - ANSWER federal government given broad power
over interstate commerce
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) - ANSWER 14th and 15h amendment = marriage
as esstential liberty and right for all people, ties into full faith and credit clause
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER establishes judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - ANSWER uses supremacy clause to federal law
as greater than state
Gonzales v. Raich (2005) - ANSWER ruled that federal government has power
in legality of marijuana
, Windsor v. United States (2013) - ANSWER struck down the defense of
marriage act, establishing equal rights for people of every marriage type (same-
sex case)
CL: Incorporation - ANSWER Barron v baltimore (1833)
CL: 1st Amendment Free speech/assembly - ANSWER Brandenburg v. Ohio
(1969)
Tinker v. DesMoines (1969)
Morris V. Frederick (2007)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
CL: 1st Amendment Establishment clause - ANSWER Engel v. Vitale (1963)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1973)
CL: 1st Amendment Religious Exercise - ANSWER West Virginia State Board of
Education v. Barnette (1943)
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
CL: 1st Amendment - Free Press - ANSWER Near v. Minnesota (1931)
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | NEW
UPDATE 2025
Arizona v. US (2012) - ANSWER *brings up issue of racial profiling with stricter
immigration laws
*Supreme court struck down parts of policy while upholding others (in CON, fed.
gov. has power of regulation immigration)
*allowed police to stop people and ask for their papers in certain situations
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) - ANSWER federal government given broad power
over interstate commerce
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) - ANSWER 14th and 15h amendment = marriage
as esstential liberty and right for all people, ties into full faith and credit clause
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER establishes judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - ANSWER uses supremacy clause to federal law
as greater than state
Gonzales v. Raich (2005) - ANSWER ruled that federal government has power
in legality of marijuana
, Windsor v. United States (2013) - ANSWER struck down the defense of
marriage act, establishing equal rights for people of every marriage type (same-
sex case)
CL: Incorporation - ANSWER Barron v baltimore (1833)
CL: 1st Amendment Free speech/assembly - ANSWER Brandenburg v. Ohio
(1969)
Tinker v. DesMoines (1969)
Morris V. Frederick (2007)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
CL: 1st Amendment Establishment clause - ANSWER Engel v. Vitale (1963)
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1973)
CL: 1st Amendment Religious Exercise - ANSWER West Virginia State Board of
Education v. Barnette (1943)
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
CL: 1st Amendment - Free Press - ANSWER Near v. Minnesota (1931)
