COURT CASES (WGU C963) ACTUAL
COURT CASES STUDY GUIDE with
Complete Test Questions and Correct
Solutions ||A+ GRADED!!!
1. United States v. Windsor - ANSWER ✓ Federal government must
provide benefits to legally married same-sex couples
2. Obergefell v. Hodges - ANSWER ✓ States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
3. 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
4. Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWER ✓ Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
5. Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER ✓ A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
6. Sherbert vs. Verner - ANSWER ✓ Unemployment may not be denied
on religious basis
7. 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.
, 8. Miranda v. Arizona - ANSWER ✓ 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.
9. Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - ANSWER ✓ Struck down
poll taxes at the state level
10. Tinker v. Des Moines - ANSWER ✓ Students have the right to
symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Roe v. Wade - ANSWER ✓ (1973) legalized abortion on the
basis of a woman's right to privacy
15. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - ANSWER ✓
A 2010 landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that individuals,
corporations, and unions could donate unlimited amounts of money to
groups that make independent political expenditures.
COURT CASES STUDY GUIDE with
Complete Test Questions and Correct
Solutions ||A+ GRADED!!!
1. United States v. Windsor - ANSWER ✓ Federal government must
provide benefits to legally married same-sex couples
2. Obergefell v. Hodges - ANSWER ✓ States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
3. 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
4. Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWER ✓ Established the exclusionary rule was
applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in
court)
5. Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER ✓ A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
6. Sherbert vs. Verner - ANSWER ✓ Unemployment may not be denied
on religious basis
7. 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.
, 8. Miranda v. Arizona - ANSWER ✓ 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.
9. Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections - ANSWER ✓ Struck down
poll taxes at the state level
10. Tinker v. Des Moines - ANSWER ✓ Students have the right to
symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Roe v. Wade - ANSWER ✓ (1973) legalized abortion on the
basis of a woman's right to privacy
15. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - ANSWER ✓
A 2010 landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that individuals,
corporations, and unions could donate unlimited amounts of money to
groups that make independent political expenditures.
