AP U.S. Government & Politics
Unit 5: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Name ___________________________________
Class period _____________________________
Cases not used:
Baker v. Carr
Dennis v. United States
National Socialist Party of America v. Skokie
Roth v. United States
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Fill in the blank with the correct Supreme Court case from the list above. Not all cases will be
used and there are no repeats.
1. In this ruling, the Supreme Court justices created a three-prong test to better evaluate separation
of church and state issues. Lemon v Kurtzman
2. In this ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights did not apply to the states. Barron
v Baltimore
3. This case nationalized the “exclusionary rule” of the 4th Amendment. Mapp v Ohio
4. This ruling allowed for the expansion of federal power over the states through new
interpretation of the “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution. McCulloch v Maryland
5. This decision established the principle of the court’s power of judicial review. Marbury v
Madison
6. This ruling declared state-sponsored prayer to be unconstitutional. Engel v Vitale
7. This landmark ruling on affirmative action declared the use of quotas to be unconstitutional.
Regents of the University of CA v Bakke
8. This was the first Supreme Court case that established a constitutional right of privacy, and
paved the way for the landmark ruling on abortion. Griswold v Connecticut
9. This landmark ruling declared that abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy was part of a
woman’s right to privacy. Roe v Wade
10. This was the first Supreme Court case to nationalize part of the Bill of Rights (nationalized the
first amendment free speech clause). Gitlow v New York
11. This Supreme Court case required that attorneys be provided to citizens as part of their 14th
amendment due process rights. Gideon v Wainwright
12. This Supreme Court ruling used the “commerce clause” of the Constitution to declare the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 constitutional. Heart of Atlanta Motel v US
13. In this Supreme Court ruling the justices held that government subsidies given to families to
take public transportation to Catholic schools were constitutional. Everson v BOE
14. This Supreme Court ruling held that segregated schools were unconstitutional and violated the
equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Brown v BOE
15. This Supreme Court ruling established the requirement that criminal suspects be read their
rights at the time of their arrest. Miranda v Arizona
16. In this ruling, the Supreme Court justices declared that flag burning was an accepted form of
speech under the 1st amendment. Texas v Johnson
17. This Supreme Court case upheld the right of free speech for students, provided that it does not
cause substantial disruption to the learning environment. Tinker v Des Moines
18. This Supreme Court case ruled that requiring students to salute the flag during the Pledge of
Allegiance violated the free exercise clause of the 1st amendment. West Virginia BOE v
Barnette
19. In this Supreme Court case, the majority ruled that consuming illegal drugs as part of an
individual’s religious beliefs was not protected under the 1st amendment’s free exercise clause.
Oregon v Smith
20. This Supreme Court ruling upheld that obscene materials do not automatically receive 1st
amendment freedom of speech protection and established a three-part test for defining
“obscenity” Miller v California
21. This Supreme Court case upheld a Pennsylvania law requiring several regulations on abortion,
including informed consent, a 24-hour waiting period, and parental permission for a minor to
receive an abortion. Planned Parenthood v Casey
22. This Supreme Court case upheld the death penalty as constitutional and not in violation of the
“cruel and unusual punishment” clause in the 8th amendment. Gregg v Georgia
23. This Supreme Court case upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine and segregated facilities as
constitutional and not in violation of the 14th amendment. Plessey v Ferguson
24. In this Supreme Court case, the majority ruled that the 1st amendment guarantee of the right to
free speech was not absolute, specifically when the speech poses a “clear and present danger.”
Schenk v US
25. This Supreme Court case established that the presidential power of “executive privilege” is not
absolute and is subordinate to the due process of law in the fair administration of justice. US v
Nixon