A. Constitution: Articles (760-771)
Preamble:
1. Explain the importance of the phrase “We the people of the United States,”
Articles:
A.1 List the branch of Article I
A.1.1 Explain Section 1
A.1.1.1 Explain the reasons for a bicameral Congress (pg. 262-263)
A.1.1.1.1
Historical
A.1.1.1.2
Practical
A.1.1.1.3
Theoretical
A.1.1.2
Define Term
A.1.1.2.1
Define Session
A.1.1.2.2
Define adjourns
A.1.1.2.3
Define prorogue
A.1.1.2.4
Define special session
A.1.2 Explain Section 2 (pg. 267-ish)
A.1.2.1 Congressional elections
A.1.2.1.1
Date (mandated in 1872)
A.1.2.1.2
Explain the following Ballot choices
A.1.2.1.2.1 Written or printed ballots (mandated in 1872)
A.1.2.1.2.2 Voting machines (allowed since 1899)
A.1.2.1.3
Define off-year elections
A.1.2.1.3.1 Explain their results (on average)
A.1.2.1.4
Explain gerrymandering
A.1.2.2
Term Length
A.1.2.3
Size (number??)
A.1.2.3.1
Define apportionment
A.1.2.3.2
Define reapportion
A.1.2.3.2.1 Explain the 4 key provisions of the Reapportionment Act of 1929
A.1.2.4
Qualifications (List them)
A.1.2.4.1
Explain Powell v. McCormack (1969)
A.1.2.4.2
Explain the “informal qualifications” (pg. 273)
A.1.2.5
Define Impeachment (pg. 311)
A.1.2.5.1
What is the House of Representatives role?
A.1.2.6
Leadership
A.1.2.6.1
Explain opening day in the House of Representatives (pg. 320)
A.1.2.6.2
Describe the role of Speaker of the House
A.1.2.7
Explain Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
A.1.3 Explain Section 3 (pg. 275)
A.1.3.1
Term (length of serving?)
A.1.3.1.1
Define constituent
A.1.3.1.2
Explain the importance of the 17th amendment in correlation to Section 3
A.1.3.2
Size (number??)
A.1.3.2.1
Explain continuous body
A.1.3.3
Qualifications (Formal) – List them
A.1.3.4
Impeachment (What is the Senate’s role?) (pg. 311)
A.1.3.4.1
Define acquit
A.1.3.4.2
Briefly describe the impeachment process of Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton (pg. 312)
A.1.3.4.3
Explain how Richard Nixon got around impeachment
A.1.3.5
Leadership
A.1.3.5.1
Explain opening day in the Senate (pg. 320)
A.1.3.5.2
Describe the roles of the 2 leaders
Chapter 10 / Section 1
10.1 List 4 examples of Senate resignations or expulsions.
10.2 Describe the average member of Congress
10.3 List the 5 major roles of Congressmen
10.4 Explain the 4 voting options
10.4.1 Trustees
10.4.2 Delegate
10.4.3 Partisans
10.4.4 Politicos
Chapter 12 / Section 1
12.1 Define party caucus
12.2 Explain floor leaders
12.3 Explain party whips
12.4 Explain committee chairmen
12.5 Explain seniority rule
12.6 Explain the committee system and its importance
A.1.4 Explain Section 4 (pg. 762)
A.1.4.1
Congress’s starting date
A.1.4.1.1
Explain the 20th amendment
A.1.5 Explain Section 5 (pg. 762)
A.1.5.1
Define quorum
A.1.5.1.1
Number needed in the House of Representatives
A.1.5.1.2
Number needed in the Senate
A.1.5.2
List Congressional expulsions
A.1.6 Explain Section 6 (pg. 282-284)
A.1.6.1
Compensation
A.1.6.1.1
Explain the non-salary “fringe benefit” compensation for Congress
A.1.6.1.2
Explain the franking privilege
A.1.6.1.3
What 2 limits are on congressional pay?
A.1.6.2
Explain their Immunity
A.1.6.2.1
Speech and Debate Clause (“a cloak of legislative immunity”)
A.1.7 Explain Section 7 (pg. 763)
A.1.7.1
Origination of revenue raising bills (laws)
A.1.7.2
Override of veto power
Chapter 12 / Sections 3-4
12.7 Define bill
12.8 Explain the 4 types of bills
12.9 Explain the importance of the “readings”
12.10 Process of a bill in House committees (pg. 345 chart)
12.10.1 Define pigeonholed
12.10.2 Define discharge petition
12.10.3 Explain the subcommittee action
12.10.4 Explain the committee actions (5) pg. 337
12.10.5 Explain the 5 House Calendars
12.10.6 Explain the bill on the floor
12.10.7 Explain the 4 different methods of taking floor votes
12.11Process of a bill in Senate committees (pg. 345 chart)
12.11.1 Define filibuster
12.11.2 Explain the Cloture Rule
12.11.3 Explain the conference committee action
A.1.8 List & Explain Congress’s Expressed Powers (Peace = 1-10, 17-18, WAR = 11-16)
A.1.8.1
Explain Power to tax
A.1.8.1.1
Define tax
A.1.8.1.2
List things taxes are used for.
A.1.8.1.3
Explain the 4 limitations of the taxing power
A.1.8.1.4
Explain the implied limitation
A.1.8.1.5
Compare taxes in 1927 and today
A.1.8.1.5.1 Define direct tax
A.1.8.1.5.2 Define indirect tax
A.1.8.1.5.3 Explain Social Insurance Taxes
A.1.8.1.5.4 Explain Excise Taxes
A.1.8.1.5.5 Explain Estate
A.1.8.1.5.6 Explain Gift Taxes
A.1.8.1.5.7 Explain Customs Duties
A.1.8.2
Explain Power to borrow
A.1.8.2.1
Define deficit
A.1.8.2.2
Define surplus
A.1.8.2.3
Define public debt
A.1.8.3
Explain Commerce Power
A.1.8.3.1
List and explain 4 explicit limitations on the use of the commerce power
A.1.8.3.2
List & explain examples of the commerce power working in government
A.1.8.3.2.1.1
Explain Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
A.1.8.3.2.1.2
Explain The Civil Rights Act of 1964
A.1.8.4
Explain Clause 4
A.1.8.4.1
Define bankruptcy
A.1.8.4.2
Define naturalization (pg. 613 – 618)
A.1.8.4.2.1 Define citizen
A.1.8.4.2.2 Explain the process in acquiring citizenship
A.1.8.4.2.3 Explain the rules of naturalization
A.1.8.4.2.4 Explain individual naturalization
A.1.8.4.2.5 Explain collective naturalization
A.1.8.4.2.6 Define expartriation
A.1.8.4.2.7 Define denaturalization
A.1.8.4.2.8 Explain the importance of immigrants
A.1.8.4.2.9 Explain the problems with illegal immigrants
A.1.8.4.2.10 Define deportation
A.1.8.5
Explain the power to coin $$$ & fix the standards of weights & measures
A.1.8.5.1
Define legal tender
A.1.8.5.1.1
Explain the Legal Tender Cases in 1871
A.1.8.5.2
Explain how the U.S. differs in weights & measures from Europe
A.1.8.6
Explain the power to punishment of counterfeiting
A.1.8.7
Explain the power to establish post offices & post roads
A.1.8.7.1
Describe who protects the mail
A.1.8.8
Explain the power to promote science and useful arts
A.1.8.8.1
Define & Explain a copyright
A.1.8.8.2
Define & Explain a patent
A.1.8.8.2.1 Explain the 6 types of intellectual properties
A.1.8.9
Explain the power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court and how it works as a “check and
balance”
A.1.8.10
A.1.8.11
Explain the power to define and punish piracies & felonies, committed on the high seas
Explain the power to declare war
A.1.8.12
Explain the power to raise and support armies
A.1.8.13 Explain the power to provide and maintain a navy
A.1.8.14 Explain the power to regulate land and naval forces
A.1.8.15 Explain the power to call up the militia
A.1.8.16 Explain the power to organize, arm, and discipline the militia
A.1.8.17 Explain the power to govern territories
A.1.8.17.1 List examples
A.1.8.18 Explain Congress’s implied power
A.1.8.18.1 Explain McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
A.1.8.18.2 Explain the “Necessary & Proper Clause” / “Elastic Clause”
A.1.8.18.2.1 Borrowing power IMPLIES
A.1.8.18.2.2 Taxing power IMPLIES
A.1.8.18.2.3 Commerce & War power IMPLIES
A.1.8.18.2.4 Raising armies and navy power IMPLIES
A.1.8.18.2.5 Commerce power IMPLIES
A.1.8.18.2.6 List other examples found on the timeline on pages 306-307
A.1.9 Explain Section 9 (chapter 20 / section 3)
A.1.9.1 Define writ of habeas corpus
A.1.9.2 Define bill of attainder
A.1.9.2.1
United States v. Lovett (1946)
A.1.9.2.2
United States v. Brown (1965)
A.1.9.3 Explain ex post facto law
A.1.9.3.1
Carmell v. Texas (2000)
A.1.9.4 Federal Spending (pg. 458) & Budget (pg. 461)
A.1.9.4.1
Define entitlements
A.1.9.4.2
Define controllable spending
A.1.9.4.3
Define uncontrollable spending
A.1.9.4.4
Explain the President and the Budget
A.1.9.4.5
Explain the Congress and the Budget
A.1.10 Explain Congress’s foreign relations powers
A.1.10.1 Explain the 2 sources
A.1.10.1.1 War powers (article I: sect. 8: clauses 11-16) & commerce powers (clause 3)
A.1.10.1.2 Inherent power to make decisions
BEGIN Presidential Projects (President, Cabinet, and Agency)
Chapter 13
13.1 Explain the following 8 Presidential Roles (pg. 354)
13.1.1 Chief of State
13.1.1.1 Explain
13.1.2 Chief Executive (EOP) pg. 419
13.1.2.1 Explain
13.1.2.2 Describe the “nerve center”
13.1.2.3 Explain the importance of the following EOP agencies
13.1.2.3.1 National Security Council
13.1.2.3.2 Office of Management and Budget
13.1.2.3.3 Office of Faith-Based and Community Inititiatives
13.1.2.3.4 Office of National Drug Control Policy
13.1.2.3.5 Council of Economic Advisers
13.1.2.3.6 Others:
13.1.3 Chief Administrator
13.1.3.1 Explain
13.1.3.2 View Chart on pg. 417 only
13.1.3.3 Define staff agencies
13.1.3.4 Define line agencies
13.1.4 Chief Diplomat (Ch. 17)
13.1.4.1 Explain
13.1.4.2 Define domestic affairs
13.1.4.3 Define foreign affairs
13.1.4.3.1 Explain American foreign policy from Independence through WWI
13.1.4.3.1.1 Define isolationism
13.1.4.3.2 Explain American foreign policy during WWII
13.1.4.3.3 Explain American foreign policy post WWII and during the Cold War
13.1.4.4 Explain foreign aid
13.1.4.5 Explain our Security Alliances
13.1.4.6 Explain the United Nations
13.1.5
13.1.5.1
13.1.5.2
13.1.5.3
13.1.5.4
13.1.5.5
13.1.6
13.1.6.1
Commander-in-Chief (pg. 401-404)
Explain
List 3 Undeclared war examples?
List and explain the 8 Congressional Resolutions since WWII. (pg. 402)
Explain the War Powers Resolution of 1973
Explain the Monroe Doctrine (pg. 404)
Chief Legislator (pg. 405-407)
Explain the power to recommend legislation?
13.1.6.2
13.1.6.3
13.1.7
13.1.7.1
13.1.8
13.1.8.1
Explain the President’s options when a bill comes across his desk
Define line-item veto?
Party Chief
Explain
Chief Citizen
Explain
A.2 List the branch of Article II?
A.2.1 Section 1
A.2.1.1
Vested in a Who?
A.2.1.2
Term?
A.2.1.3
Qualifications?
13.2 Conventions
13.2.1 Arrangements?
13.2.2 Apportionment of delegates?
13.2.3 Selection of delegates?
13.3 Primaries
13.3.1 2 roles of a Presidential primary?
13.3.2 Define winner-take-all?
13.3.3 Define proportional representation?
13.4 Explain the importance of Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary?
13.5 National Convention
13.5.1 What are the 3 major goals of conventions?
13.5.2 What happens in the first 2 days?
13.5.3 What happens in the last 2 days?
13.5.4 Who usually gets nominated?
A.2.1.4
A.2.1.4.1
A.2.1.4.2
A.2.1.4.3
A.2.1.4.4
A.2.1.4.5
A.2.1.5
A.2.1.5.1
A.2.1.6
A.2.1.7
Define Electoral college? (pg. 365-384)
What was the Constitution’s plan?
What happened in the election of 1800?
What was the 12th amendments plan?
Explain 3 defects/flaws with the electoral college?
Explain the 5 proposed reforms for the electoral college?
Explain the Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Explain the 25th amendment
Compensation
Oath
A.2.2 Presidential Powers
A.2.2.1 Why has Presidential Power grown?
A.2.2.2 How has the mass media influenced the Presidency?
A.2.2.3 Define Ordinance power?
A.2.2.3.1
Define Executive order?
A.2.2.4 Appointment Power
A.2.2.4.1
List 5 groups of higher level appointees?
A.2.2.4.2
Explain the 4 step confirmation process in the Senate
A.2.2.4.3
Define spoils system
A.2.2.4.4
Define patronage
A.2.2.5 Removal Power
A.2.2.5.1
Who may remove appointed officers?
A.2.2.6 Military Power
A.2.2.6.1
Define treaty?
A.2.2.6.1.1 Senate approval?
A.2.2.7 Cabinet and Independent Agency Activity
A.2.2.7.1
Briefly explain the 15 departments and their role
A.2.2.7.2
Briefly explain the 10 major agencies
A.2.2.8 Define executive agreement?
A.2.2.9 Explain the power of recognition?
A.2.2.9.1
Define persona non grata?
A.2.2.10 Judicial powers
A.2.2.10.1 Define reprieve?
A.2.2.10.2 Define pardon?
A.2.2.10.3
A.2.2.10.4
A.2.2.10.5
A.2.3
Define clemency?
Define commutation?
Define amnesty?
Explain the “State of the Union”
A.2.4 Explain reasons for Presidential removal
A.2.4.1 Explain the Vice President’s Role
BEGIN SUPREME COURT CASE PRESENTATIONS
A.3 List the branch of Article III
A.3.1 Section 1
A.3.1.1
Judicial power vested in what?
A.3.1.2
Length of Term?
A.3.2 Section 2
A.3.2.1
What cases? (pg. 508)
A.3.2.2
Define jurisdiction
A.3.2.3
Define exclusive jurisdiction
A.3.2.4
Define concurrent jurisdiction
A.3.2.5
Define plaintiff
A.3.2.6
Define defendant
A.3.2.7
Define original jurisdiction
A.3.2.8
Define appellate jurisdiction
A.3.3
Define treason
BEGIN SUPREME COURT CASE OR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE PRESENTATIONS
A.4 List the topic of Article IV
A.4.1 Explain full faith and credit (pg. 106-107)
A.4.2 List & Explain the extradition process (leave a lot of space) (pg. 107)
A.4.3 List & Explain the State admission process (leave a lot of space) (pg. 99-100)
A.5 List the topic of Article V
A.5.1 Define formal amendment and its 4 methods. (pg.73)
A.6 Explain Article VI
A.7 Explain the ratification process under Article VII
Chapter 19: Civil Liberties
Section 1
19.1 Define Bill of Rights
19.2 Define civil liberties
19.3 Define civil rights
19.4 Explain the relativity of individual rights
19.5 List persons guaranteed individual rights
19.6 List examples of times individual rights can be denied
Explain the Constitutional Amendments
1. Explain the 1st amendment (chapter 19)
a. Religion
i. Separation of Church & State
1. Establishment Clause
2. Released Time
a. McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)
b. Zorach v. Clauson (1952)
3. Prayers and the Bible
a. Engel v. Vitale (1962)
b. Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
c. Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
d. Lee v. Weisman (1992)
e. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000)
4. Student Religious Groups
a. Equal Access Act of 1984
b. Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)
c. Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001)
5. Evolution
a. Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)
b. Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
6. State Aid to Parochial Schools
a. Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
b. Everson v. Bd. Of Education (1947)
7. The Lemon Test
a. Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
b. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist (1973)
c. Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Regan (1980)
d. Mueller v. Allen (1983)
e. Grand Rapids School District v. Ball (1985)
f. Bowen v. Kendrick (1988)
g. Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993)
h. Agostini v. Felton (1997)
i. Mitchell v. Helms (2000)
j. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
8. Seasonal Displays
a. Lynch v. Donelly (1984)
b. County of Allegheny v. ACLU (1989)
c. Pittsburgh v. ACLU (1989)
9. Chaplains
a. Marsh v. Chambers (1983)
10. The Ten Commandments
a. Stone v. Graham (1980)
b. Van Order v. Perry (2005)
c. McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005)
ii. Free Exercise Clause
1. Limitations:
a. Reynolds v. United States (1879)
b. Jacobsen v. Massachusetts (1905)
c. Bunn v. North Carolina (1949)
d. Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)
e. McGowan v. Maryland (1961)
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OTHER
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Cox v. New Hampshire (1941)
Welsh v. United States (1970)
Gillette v. United States (1971)
Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)
Oregon v. Smith (1990)
Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equal (1990)
Locke v. Davey (2004)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton (2002)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1990)
Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, Cheryl Perich (2012)
Speech
i. Schwimmer v. United States (1929)
ii. Define libel
1. Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
iii. Define slander
iv. Define sedition
v. Define seditious speech
vi. Explain the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
vii. Explain the Sedition Act of 1917 (part of the Espionage Act
1. Schenck v. United States (1919)
viii. Explain the Smith Act of 1940
1. Cox v. New Hampshire (1941)
2. Dennis v. United States (1951)
3. Yates v. United States (1957)
ix. Hate Speech
1. http://www.crf-usa.org/school-violence/should-hate-be-outlawed.html
2.
x. Explain obscenity
1. Roth v. United States (1957)
2. Miller v. California (1973)
3. Young v. American Mini Theaters (1976)
4. City of Renton v. Playtimes Theaters, Inc. (1986)
5. Schad v. Borough of Monnt Ephraim (1981)
6. Ashcroft v. ACLU (2002)
7. United States v. American Library Association (2003)
8. United States v. Williams (2008)
xi. Explain prior restraint
1. Near v. Minnesota (1931)
2. Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart (1976)
3. New York Times v. United States (1971)
4. Exceptions
a. Greer v. Spock (1976)
b. Snepp v. United States (1980)
c. Thornburgh v. Abbott (1989)
d. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
xii. Explain the importance of confidentiality
1. Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)
2. Define shield laws
xiii. Explain censorship on Movies
1. Mutual Film Corporation v. Ohio (1915)
2. Burstyn v. Wilson (1952
xiv. Explain censorship on TV and Radio
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS ACT of 1934
1. National Broadcasting Co. v. United States (1943)
2. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1969)
3. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978)
4. United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group (2000)
xv. Explain symbolic speech
1. Define picketing
2. Thornhill v. Alabama (1940)
3. United States v. O’Brien (1968)
4. R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992)
5. Virginia v. Black (2003)
SCHOOLS
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/studentexpression/topic.aspx?topic=clothing_dress_codes_uniforms
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Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)
Morse v. Frederick (2006)
Davenport v. Randolph County Board of Education, 1984
Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986)
Bivens v. Albuquerque Public Schools (1997)
Newsom v. Albermarie County School Board (2003)
Bretton Barber v. Dearborn Public Schools (2003)
Mark Ashby against Mars Elementary (2002)
Kolby Hurt v. Boonville High School (2003)
15. Texas v. Johnson (1989)
16. United States v. Eichman (1990)
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xvi. VIDEO GAMES / TV VIOLENCE
1. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)
xvii. Explain commercial speech
1. Bigelow v. Virginia (1975)
2. Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. VA Citizens Consumer Council (1976)
3. 44 Liquormart Inc. v. Rhode Island (1996)
c.
Explain the freedom of assembly and petition
i. Explain the Constitution’s guarantees to assemble
1. Define civil disobedience
ii. Explain regulations in regards to Time-Place-Manner
iii. Cox v. New Hampshire (1941)
iv. Gregory v. Chicago (1969)
v. Madsen v. Women’s Health Services, Inc. (1994)
vi. Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York (1997)
vii. Hill v. Colorado (2000)
viii. Lloyd Corporation v. Tanner (1972)
ix. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins (1980)
x. NAACP v. Alabama (1958)
xi. Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
2.
Explain the 2nd amendment (chapter 20)
a. Militia
b. Bear Arms
i. United States v. Miller (1939)
ii. Brady Law
iii. NEBRASKA statutes
3.
Explain the 3rd amendment
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b.
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Quartering of troops
Security of Home and Person
Explain the 4th amendment (chapter 20)
a. Define search warrant
b. Illegal Search and Seizure
i. Define writs of assistance
ii. Define probable cause
1. Florida v. J.L. (2000)
2. Minnesota v. Carter (1999)
3. Lidster v. Illinois (2004)
4. Horton v. California (1990)
5. California v. Greenwood (1988)
6. Florida v. Riley (1989)
iii. Define arrest
1. Minnesota v. Dickerson (1989)
2. Illinois v. Wardlow (2000)
iv. Define exclusionary rule
1. Weeks v. United States (1914)
2. Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
3. Nix v. Williams (1984)
4. United States v. Leon (1984)
5. Arizona v. Evans (1995)
6. Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
7. United States v. Johnson (1999)
v. Automobiles
1. Carroll v. United States (1925)
2. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte (1973)
3. Michigan v. Sitz (1990)
4. California v. Acevedo (1991)
5. Florida v. Jimeno (1991)
6. Wyoming v. Houghton (1999)
7. Illinois v. Caballes (2005)
8. Maryland v. Pringle (2003)
9. Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1997)
10. Arizona v. Gant (2008-09)
vi. Drug Testing
1. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab (1989)
2. Skinner v. Federal Railway Labor Executives Associaion (1989)
3. Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)
4. Board of Education of Pottowatomie Countie v. Earls (2002)
vii. Schools
1. New Jersey v. T.L.O (1985)
2. Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009)
viii. Explain wiretapping & other technology
1. Olmstead v. United States
2. Katz v. United States (1967)
3. United States v. Knotts (1983)
4. Kyllo v. United States (2001)
ix. Other Cases:
1. Skurtenis v. Jones (2000) – Strip Searches
2. Ybarra v. Illinois (1979) – Guilt by Association
3. Hester v. United States – Open Fields
4. Griffin v. Wisconsin – Probation Individuals
x. DNA- http://www.denverda.org/DNA/Surreptitious_Collection_and_Abandoned_DNA_Cases.htm
1. Commonwealth v. Rice (2004)
2. People v. Ayler (2003)
3. State v. Christian (2006)
4. State v. Athan (2007)
5. Commonwealth v. Cabral (2007)
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7.
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People v. Laudenberg (2008)
Pharr v. Commonwealth (2007)
State v. Galloway and Hoesly (2005)
xi. Other Cases: http://www.flexyourrights.org/fourth_amendment_supreme_court_cases
1. Florida v. Bostick (1991) – Investigatory Stops and Detentions
2. Terry v. Ohio (1968)- Stop and Frisk Rule
5.
Explain the 5th amendment
a. Define writ of habeas corpus
b. Define due process (pg. 564)
i. Define procedural due process
1. Rochin v. California (1952)
ii. Define substantive due process
1. Pierce v. Society of Sisters
iii. Explain the State’s police power (14th amendment)
1. Promote health
2. Promote safety
3. Promote Morals
4. Promote the General Welfare
iv. Define search warrant
v. Right to Privacy
1. Stanley v. Georgia (1969)
2. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
3. Lawrence and Garner v. Texas (2003)
4. Abortion
a. Roe v. Wade (1973)
i. Explain the trimester system
b. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
c. Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1990)
d. Minnesota v. Hodgson (1990)
e. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)
i. Explain the 4 new standards
f. Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)
g. The Federal Abortion Ban (2003)
h. 2007 in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of
America (2007)
i. Nebraska Safe Haven Law
j. NEBRASKA LAWS
c. Define grand jury
d. Define indictment
e. Explain double jeopardy
i. United States v. Di Francesco (1980)
ii. Benton v. Maryland (1969)
iii. Kansas v. Hendrick (1987) & Seling v. Young (2001)
f. Explain being a witness against one’s self
i. Malloy v. Hogan (1964)
ii. Schmerber v. California (1969)
iii. Ashcraft v. Tennessee (1944)
iv. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
1. Dickerson v. United States (2000)
2. Berghuis v. Thompkins (2009)
3. Yarborough v. Alvarado (2003)
v. Trammel v. United States (1980)
vi. Illinois v. Perkins (1990)
vii. Missouri v. Seibert (2004)
viii. Nix v. Williams (1984)
g. Define eminent domain
i. Penn Central v. New York City (1978)
ii. Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
6.
Explain the 6th amendment
a. Explain a speedy trial
i. Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967)
ii. Barker v. Wingo (1972)
iii. Explain the Speedy Trial Act of 1974
b. Explain a public trial
i. Estes v. Texas (1965)
ii. Chandler v. Florida (1981)
c. Explain a trial by jury
i. Defendant has the right to: (3 things)
1. Jury Trial
a. Williams v. Florida (1970)
b. Burch v. Louisiana (1979)
c. Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
d. Taylor v. Louisiana (1975)
e. Miller-El v. Dretke (2005)
f. Explain how to serve as a juror
2. Change of Venue
3. Waive jury trial
a. One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States (1972)
4. Define bench trial
d. Explain the right to an adequate defense
i. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
ii. Confrontation Clause
1. Pointer v. Texas (1965)
2. Smith vs. Illinois (1968)
3. Bruton vs. United States (1968)
4. Washington v. Texas (1967)
iii. Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
iv. Scott vs. Illinois (1979)
v. Halbert v. Michigan (2005)
7.
Explain the 7th amendment
8.
Explain the 8th amendment
a. Excessive bails and fines
i. Define bail.
1. Stack v. Boyle (1951)
ii. Define preventive detention
1. United States v. Salerno (1987)
b. Explain cruel and unusual punishment
i. Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)
1. In re Kemmler (1890)
ii. Weems v. United States (1910)
iii. Louisiana v. Resweber (1947)
iv. Robinson v. California (1962)
v. Ingraham v. Wright (1977)
vi. Lockyer v. Andrade (2003)
vii. United States (Goodman) v. Georgia (2006)
viii. Define capital punishment
1. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
2. Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
3. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
4. Coker v. Georgia (1977)
5. Ford v. Wainright (1986)
6. Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988)
7. Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)
8. Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
9. Ring v. Arizona (2002)
10. Roper v. Simmons (2005)
11. DEATH PENALTY CRUELTY EXAMPLES
9.
12.
Explain the 9th amendment (pg. 536)
10. Explain the 10th amendment
a. Wickard vs. Filburn (1942)
b. Garcia vs. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)
c. South Dakota vs. Dole (1987)
d. Printz vs. United States, 1997
e. United States vs. Lopez (1995)
11. Explain the 11th amendment
12. Explain the 12th amendment
13. Explain the 13th amendment (chapter 20)
a. Define “involuntary servitude”
b. Explain the draft
i. Selective Draft Law Cases (Arver v. United States) (1918)
c. Civil Rights Cases (1883)
i. Define discrimination
ii. Jones v. Mayer (1968)
1. Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
iii. Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb (1987)
iv. St. Francis College v. Al-Khazraji (1987)
14. Explain the 14th amendment
 3 Rights:
a. Due Process Clause
i. DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989)
b. Explain the Equal Protection Clause
i. Citzenship Clause
1. Elk v. Wilkens (1884)
2. U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
ii. African-Americans
1. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1866
2. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1871
3. Compromise of 1877
4. Explain the Rational Basis Test
a. Michael M. v. Superior Court (1981)
5. Explain the Strict Scrutiny Test
6. Define Segregation
a. Explain Jim Crow laws
b. Explain separate-but-equal doctrine
c. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
d. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
e. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
f. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
g. Runyon v. McCrary (1976)
7. Explain de facto segregation
8. Define integration
a. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1968
i. Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education (1969)
9. Define affirmative action
a. Define quotas
b. Define reverse discrimination
c. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
d. United Steelworkers v. Weber (1979)
e. Johnson v. Transportation Agency of Santa Clara County (1987)
f. Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1995)
g. Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
h. Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
i. Proposition 209
iii. Native Americans
1. Explain the quote by Thomas E. Patterson (pg. 596)
2. Define reservation
3. Explain the Indian Civil Rights Act (1968)
4. Chickasaw Nation v. United States (2001)
iv. Hispanic Americans
1. Explain the 4 main groups
2. Define refugees
3. Plyler v. Doe (1982)
4. Explain the Equal Opportunity Act (1974)
v. Asian Americans
1. Define assimilation
2. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
vi. Women
1. Title IX
2. Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)
3. Hoyt v. Florida (1961)
4. Reed v. Reed (1971)
5. Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)
6. Taylor v. Lousiana (1975)
7. Craig v. Boren (1976)
8. Dothard v. Rawlingson (1977)
9. United States v. Virginia (1996)
10. Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)
11. Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls, INC. (1991)
12. Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders (2004)
13. What are the 2 rules? (pg. 606)
14. Restraining orders
a. Town of Castle Rock, Colorado vs. Jessica Gonzales (2005)
c. Privileges or Immunities Clause
i. Colgate v. Harvey (1935)
15. Explain the 15th amendment (pg. 159)
a. Explain the difficulties to vote for African-Americans
i. Smith v. Allwright (1944)
ii. Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)
iii. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1957
iv. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1960
v. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1964
vi. Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1965
1. Explain preclearance
2. South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)
vii. Explain extensions in 1970, 1975, 1982, & 1992
a. Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)
16. Explain the 16th amendment
a. Springer v. United States (1881)
b. Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co., (1895)
c. Compania General de Tabacos v. Collector of Internal Revenue (1927)
d. Explain progressive tax
e. Explain the individual income tax
f. Explain the corporate income tax
17. Explain the 17th amendment
18. Explain the 18th amendment (“the noble experiment”)
19. Explain the 19th amendment
a. Explain the "Declaration of Sentiments"
b. Describe Susan B. Anthony
c. Explain the importance of Wyoming???
d. Minor vs Happersett (1875)
e. What happened in 1878? And every year for the next 41 years?
f. What was the importance of T. Roosevelt and the Bull Moose Party?
20. Explain the 20th amendment
21. Explain the 21st amendment
22. Explain the 22nd amendment
a. Explain the 2-term concept
23. Explain the 23rd amendment
24. Explain the 24th amendment
25. Explain the 25th amendment
26. Explain the 26th amendment
a. Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)
27. Explain the 27th amendment