FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY LANDMARK
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Marbury v. Madison - ANSWER This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of
Judicial Review
Dred Scott v. Sanford - ANSWER The case that ruled that slaves were property and
could not sue
McCullough v. Maryland - ANSWER Established national supremacy; established
implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax federal institution
Citizen United v FEC - ANSWER Made it easier for unions and corporations to donate
"soft money"
Yick Wu v. Hopkins - ANSWER first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled
that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is
an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution.
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANSWER "separate but equal" doctrine supreme court upheld the
constitutionally of jim crow laws
Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER A person who cannot afford an attorney may have
one appointed by the government
Griswald v. Connecticut - ANSWER right to privacy
Katz. v. United States - ANSWER Electronic surveillance; the court held that they must
have a warrant to tap your phone or video record you
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.
Tinker v. Des Moines - ANSWER Students have the right to symbolic speech at school
as long as it is not disruptive
New York Times v. United States - ANSWER Protected the freedom of press after the
government tried to censor information on a war.
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Marbury v. Madison - ANSWER This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of
Judicial Review
Dred Scott v. Sanford - ANSWER The case that ruled that slaves were property and
could not sue
McCullough v. Maryland - ANSWER Established national supremacy; established
implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax federal institution
Citizen United v FEC - ANSWER Made it easier for unions and corporations to donate
"soft money"
Yick Wu v. Hopkins - ANSWER first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled
that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is
an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution.
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANSWER "separate but equal" doctrine supreme court upheld the
constitutionally of jim crow laws
Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER A person who cannot afford an attorney may have
one appointed by the government
Griswald v. Connecticut - ANSWER right to privacy
Katz. v. United States - ANSWER Electronic surveillance; the court held that they must
have a warrant to tap your phone or video record you
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.
Tinker v. Des Moines - ANSWER Students have the right to symbolic speech at school
as long as it is not disruptive
New York Times v. United States - ANSWER Protected the freedom of press after the
government tried to censor information on a war.
