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Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER>>This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789.
The Supreme Court ruled that the law was in conflict with the U.S. Constitution, and the
case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the
power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be
unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856) - ANSWER>>This case concerned the constitutionality of
the Missouri Compromise, wherein it was provided that a group of states should be
"forever free" from slavery. A slave was taken by his owner into free territory and back
to Missouri, a slave state. He sued on the ground of his residence in free territory
making him free. It did so, holding that the relevant portions of the Missouri Compromise
were unconstitutional and that he, therefore, remained a slave.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - ANSWER>>Students were suspended for wearing black
armbands to school as a protest against the continuing American involvement in the
Vietnam conflict. The Supreme Court ruled in this case the suspensions violated the free
speech rights of the students and the symbolic political speech that this protest
represented.
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) - ANSWER>> In the case involving Ku Klux Klan, the
Supreme Court explained that only speech or writing constituting an immediate call or
plan for imminent lawless action, a nefarious act within a imminent perspective, was
suppressible and not the advocacy of an abstract or theoretical revolution.
Cohen v. California (1971) - 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.
Gillette v United States (1971) - ANSWER>>To avoid serving in the Vietnam War, many
people claimed to have a conscientious objection to military service on the basis that
they believed this particular war was unwise or unjust. However, the Supreme Court
ruled in this case that to claim to be a conscientious objector, a person must be
opposed to serving in any war, not just some wars.
, Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) - ANSWER>>In this case the Supreme Court established a
test for deciding whether a law or other government action that might promote a
particular religious practice should be allowed to stand.
Furman v. Georgia (1972) - ANSWER>>A man was caught burglarizing a private home.
As he fled the scene he tripped causing the gun to accidently fire, killing the individual
who discovered him. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. In this case
the court laid out guidelines for capital punishment.
Miller v. California (1973) - ANSWER>>The Supreme Court used this case to develop a
test for determining what is obscene.
Roe v. Wade (1973) - ANSWER>>This case involved a pregnant woman from Texas who
wanted to have her pregnancy terminated. The woman Supreme Court, ruled that the
right to privacy included a woman's right to an abortion.
Texas v. Johnson (1989) - ANSWER>>During a public protest, the defendant burned a
U.S. flag that another protester had pulled from a flagpole. He was arrested, charged
with "desecration of a venerated object," and ultimately convicted. In this case, the
Supreme Court held that burning the flag was a symbolic speech protected under the
First Amendment and held the law applied to flag desecration unconstitutional.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) - ANSWER>>Supreme Court justices appointed
by Republican presidents began to roll back the Roe decision. A key turning point was
the court's ruling in this case, which rejected Roe's framework based on trimesters of
pregnancy and replaced it with the undue burden test, which allows restrictions prior to
viability that are not "substantial obstacle[s]" (undue burdens) to women seeking an
abortion.
McDonald v. Chicago (2010) - ANSWER>>When the Supreme Court initially decided
that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, it did
not decide then that it was a fundamental liberty the states must uphold as well until this
case two years later.
Marbury v. Madison (1803) - ANSWER>>This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789.
The Supreme Court ruled that the law was in conflict with the U.S. Constitution, and the
case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the
power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by the president to be
unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1856) - ANSWER>>This case concerned the constitutionality of
the Missouri Compromise, wherein it was provided that a group of states should be
"forever free" from slavery. A slave was taken by his owner into free territory and back
to Missouri, a slave state. He sued on the ground of his residence in free territory
making him free. It did so, holding that the relevant portions of the Missouri Compromise
were unconstitutional and that he, therefore, remained a slave.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) - ANSWER>>Students were suspended for wearing black
armbands to school as a protest against the continuing American involvement in the
Vietnam conflict. The Supreme Court ruled in this case the suspensions violated the free
speech rights of the students and the symbolic political speech that this protest
represented.
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) - ANSWER>> In the case involving Ku Klux Klan, the
Supreme Court explained that only speech or writing constituting an immediate call or
plan for imminent lawless action, a nefarious act within a imminent perspective, was
suppressible and not the advocacy of an abstract or theoretical revolution.
Cohen v. California (1971) - 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.
Gillette v United States (1971) - ANSWER>>To avoid serving in the Vietnam War, many
people claimed to have a conscientious objection to military service on the basis that
they believed this particular war was unwise or unjust. However, the Supreme Court
ruled in this case that to claim to be a conscientious objector, a person must be
opposed to serving in any war, not just some wars.
, Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) - ANSWER>>In this case the Supreme Court established a
test for deciding whether a law or other government action that might promote a
particular religious practice should be allowed to stand.
Furman v. Georgia (1972) - ANSWER>>A man was caught burglarizing a private home.
As he fled the scene he tripped causing the gun to accidently fire, killing the individual
who discovered him. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. In this case
the court laid out guidelines for capital punishment.
Miller v. California (1973) - ANSWER>>The Supreme Court used this case to develop a
test for determining what is obscene.
Roe v. Wade (1973) - ANSWER>>This case involved a pregnant woman from Texas who
wanted to have her pregnancy terminated. The woman Supreme Court, ruled that the
right to privacy included a woman's right to an abortion.
Texas v. Johnson (1989) - ANSWER>>During a public protest, the defendant burned a
U.S. flag that another protester had pulled from a flagpole. He was arrested, charged
with "desecration of a venerated object," and ultimately convicted. In this case, the
Supreme Court held that burning the flag was a symbolic speech protected under the
First Amendment and held the law applied to flag desecration unconstitutional.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) - ANSWER>>Supreme Court justices appointed
by Republican presidents began to roll back the Roe decision. A key turning point was
the court's ruling in this case, which rejected Roe's framework based on trimesters of
pregnancy and replaced it with the undue burden test, which allows restrictions prior to
viability that are not "substantial obstacle[s]" (undue burdens) to women seeking an
abortion.
McDonald v. Chicago (2010) - ANSWER>>When the Supreme Court initially decided
that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, it did
not decide then that it was a fundamental liberty the states must uphold as well until this
case two years later.
