AP Gov 15 SCOTUS Cases Exam
Questions and Answers
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - ANSWER-Political
Spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected
speech under the 1st Amendment
Baker v. Carr (1962) - ANSWER-"One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative
districts to be as near equal as possible in population
Shaw v. Reno (1993) - ANSWER-NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole
or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER-Established judicial review empowering the
Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legis. or exec. branch that violates the
Constitution
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - ANSWER-Established national supremacy;
established implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax fed. Institution;
John Marshall; "the power to tax involves the power to destroy."
United States v. Lopez (1995) - ANSWER-Commerce clause of Constitution does
not give Congress the power to regulate guns near state-operated schools
Engel v. Vitale (1962) - ANSWER-Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in
public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th
Amendment's due process clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) - ANSWER-The Court ruled that Wisconsin could not
require Amish parents to send their children to public school beyond the 8th grade
because it would violate long-held religious beliefs.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - ANSWER-Guaranteed a student's right to protest
(wearing armbands).
New York Times v. US (1971) - ANSWER-The Court ruled that freedom of the press
is protected, and prior restraint of the press is illegal. BOlstered freedom of the
press. "heavy presumption against prior restraint"
Schenk v. United States (1919) - ANSWER-speech creating a "clear and present
dagner" is not protected by the 1st Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) - ANSWER-Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the
poor or indigent in a state felony case
Questions and Answers
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - ANSWER-Political
Spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected
speech under the 1st Amendment
Baker v. Carr (1962) - ANSWER-"One man, one vote." Ordered state legislative
districts to be as near equal as possible in population
Shaw v. Reno (1993) - ANSWER-NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole
or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER-Established judicial review empowering the
Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legis. or exec. branch that violates the
Constitution
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - ANSWER-Established national supremacy;
established implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax fed. Institution;
John Marshall; "the power to tax involves the power to destroy."
United States v. Lopez (1995) - ANSWER-Commerce clause of Constitution does
not give Congress the power to regulate guns near state-operated schools
Engel v. Vitale (1962) - ANSWER-Prohibited state-sponsored recitation of prayer in
public schools by virtue of 1st Amendment's establishment clause and the 14th
Amendment's due process clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) - ANSWER-The Court ruled that Wisconsin could not
require Amish parents to send their children to public school beyond the 8th grade
because it would violate long-held religious beliefs.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - ANSWER-Guaranteed a student's right to protest
(wearing armbands).
New York Times v. US (1971) - ANSWER-The Court ruled that freedom of the press
is protected, and prior restraint of the press is illegal. BOlstered freedom of the
press. "heavy presumption against prior restraint"
Schenk v. United States (1919) - ANSWER-speech creating a "clear and present
dagner" is not protected by the 1st Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) - ANSWER-Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the
poor or indigent in a state felony case
