Solutions Manual for FSOT- Latest Update 2025 (Rated A+)
Mculloch v Maryland - Answers - constitution has right to enact laws beneficial to country, in this case,
central bank
Marbury v Madison - Answers - John Marshall enacted judicial review. Was regarding james madisons
appointments after he was out of office
Gibbons v Ogden - Answers - Each had a permit, one federal, and one state, this ruling set up the
supremacy clause that federal law takes priority
Dred Scott vs Sandford - Answers - Each had a permit, one federal, and one state, this ruling set up the
supremacy clause that federal law takes priority
Charles River Bridge - Answers -The responsibility of government is to "sacredly guard" the rights of
property for the prosperity of the community.
Munn vs Illinois - Answers -Companies that serve the public good/interest are subject to regulations by
government. This also made it clear that complains on these regulations should be taken to the
legislators, not the courts
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 - Answers -Jim Crow laws are constitutional under the doctrine of 'Separate but
Equal.' One dissenting opinion came from Marshall Harlan
Lochner vs New York - Answers Seen as overreach by judges in favor of laizze-faire economics. This
ruling struck down the NY law requiring a maximum hours bakers could work, saying that employees
have a right to contract.
Judges invented novel economic "rights" — most notably "substantive due process" and "liberty of
contract" — that they engrafted upon the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Schenck v. United States, 1919 - Answers Speech that presents a "clear and present danger" to the
security of the United States is in violation of the principle of free speech as protected by the First
Amendment to the Constitution.
Based on a man who passed out socialists propaganda telling people not to enlist in warm. It was during
time of war and presented "clear and present danger". This stood for half century
Near v. Minnesota, 1931 - Answers "The liberty of the press is safeguarded from invasion by state
action."
Although the First Amendment ensures a free press, until this case, it only protected the press from
federal laws, not state laws. Minnesota shut down J. M. Near's Saturday Press for publishing vicious
antisemitic and racist remarks. In what is regarded as the landmark free press decision, the Court ruled
that a state cannot engage in "prior restraint
,Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 - Answers "In the eld of public education, the doctrine of 'separate
but equal' has no place."
This unanimous decision marked the beginning of the end for the "Separate But Equal" era that started
with Plessy, and the start of a new period of American race relations. With Brown, desegregation of
public schools began—as did resistance to it. Ten contentious years later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964
made racial equality a matter of federal law.
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961 - Answers Evidence that is illegally obtained by the state may not be used against a
defendant in court.
Extended notion that federal AND states need to obtain evidence legally. Prior to this it was only feds
who had to
Dealt with Arresting ms. Mapp for possessing "obscene" books
Baker vs Carr- anti germandering - Answers held that the states must meet a Constitutional standard for
appointment: districts cannot be drawn in such a way that they violate the Equal Protection clause of
the 14th Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale, 1962 - Answers Public institutions (i.e., a school system) cannot require prayer. Dealt
with atheist who didn't want his kids to be forced to pray in schools. Vitale was principal of the school in
the case
Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963 - Answers Defendants in criminal cases have an absolute right to counsel.
Gideon was too poor for a lawyer, he appealed to supreme court, which ruled that all accused have the
right to be provided counsel. Originally this only applied to felonies but now applies cases facing 6month
imprisonment or longer.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 1964 - Answers To win a libel case, public gures must prove "actual
malice" on the part of the writer.
In 1964, the Times published an ad critical of an elected commissioner of an Alabama city. The
commissioner sued for libel and won. The Supreme Court overturned that ruling, and said that, to
ensure "uninhibited, robust and wide-open" debate about public gures, the law must protect writers
from libel suits.
Miranda v Arizona - Answers You have to remain silent....5th amendment
Tinker v Des Moines - Answers The 1969 landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines affirmed the First
Amendment rights of students in school. The Court held that a school district violated students' free
speech rights when it singled out a form of symbolic speech - black armbands worn in protest of the
Vietnam War - for prohibition, without proving the armbands would cause substantial disruption in
class.
, Could remember this by Tinker from lovejoy - cause he was in Vietnam
San Antonio School District vs. Rodriguez - Answers Said that the constitution does not guarantee
education, but rather places boundary on Governments. This was done after some san Antonio families
schooled the school district after claiming that wealthier districts had better schools. Also says
constitution does not provide welfare.
United States vs Nixon. - Answers Watergate scandal. Nixon wanted immunity. Supreme responded by
saying that neither confidentiality or separation of powers can keep president immune. Nixon said he
needed to be tried by the senate. Court would not accept confidentiality of presidential
communications.
Texas vs Johnson - Answers The flag burning case- supreme court ended up protecting it.
"Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea because society ands the idea itself offensive
or disagreeable."
Cruzan v. Missouri Dept. of Health, 1990 - Answers While the Constitution protects a person's right to
reject life-preserving medical treatment (their "right to die"), states can regulate that interest if the
regulation is reasonable.
RIGHT TO DIE-
Born in Missouri, die in Missouri. Cruzan is dead like ted cruz.
What is Collective Security? - Answers Collective Security is a power system in which each state would
guarantee the security and independence of every other state.
What is a Nation? - Answers A Nation is a social group that shares a common ideology, institutions,
customs, and a sense of homogeneity. It may be a state, part of a state, or extend beyond the borders of
a state.
3) What is the Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy - Answers The Status Quo Approach to Foreign
Policy seeks to maintain the territorial, ideological, or power distribution of the state.
What is Liberal Nationalism? - Answers Liberal Nationalism is the aspiration of a group to achieve
statehood based on popular sovereignty. It emphasizes freedom from foreign domination.
What is ethnocentrism - Answers Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own group and culture is
superior to all others.
What is Unilateralism? - Answers Unilateralism is a state's dependence on its own power to maximize
security and achieve national interests.
