Marbury v. Madison (1803) correct answers let the Supreme Court say if laws were okay with the constitution Chief Justice John Marshall said Marbury should get his job, but the part of a law giving the Court more power wasn't okay. This made clear what the Court could do.
Barron v. Baltimore (1...
Marbury v. Madison (1803) correct answers let the Supreme Court say if laws were
okay with the constitution Chief Justice John Marshall said Marbury should get his job,
but the part of a law giving the Court more power wasn't okay. This made clear what the
Court could do.
Barron v. Baltimore (1833) correct answers was a U.S. Supreme Court case about
whether the Bill of Rights applied to state governments. John Barron sued Baltimore for
taking his property without compensation, claiming it violated the Fifth Amendment. The
Court ruled that the Bill of Rights only limited the federal government, not the states.
Gitlow v. New York (1925) correct answers Established precedent of federalizing Bill of
Rights (applying them to the states); states cannot deny freedom of speech --protected
through due process clause of Amendment 14
Engel v. Vitale (1962) correct answers 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; Warren Court's judicial activism.
Slaughterhouse Cases correct answers A series of post-Civil War Supreme Court
cases containing the first judicial pronouncements on the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments. The Court held that these amendments had been adopted solely to
protect the rights of freed blacks, and could not be extended to guarantee the civil rights
of other citizens against deprivations of due process by state governments. These
rulings were disapproved by later decisions.
Marbury v. Madison correct answers was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case
establishing the principle of judicial review. William Marbury sued James Madison,
demanding his appointment as justice of the peace. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled
Marbury had a right to his commission but the Court couldn't force delivery, setting a
precedent for the Court's power to review laws' constitutionality.
Korematsu v United States correct answers 1944 Supreme Court case where the
Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It
was not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 to
each survivor.
Brown v Board of Education correct answers 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled
Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal
and ordered all public schools desegregated.
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