KEY COURT CASES QUIZ
Each statement below is false. Turn each statement into a true statement by changing the
underlined wording.
1.
Baker v. Carr established the principle of separate but equal.
2.
Texas v. Johnson struck down a state law that banned abortion.
3.
Clinton v. New York struck down the use of executive privilege in criminal cases.
4.
UC Regents v. Bakke struck down the use of affirmative action in university
admissions.
5.
Engle v. Vitale struck down devotional Bible reading in public schools.
6.
Mapp v. Ohio established the use of race as a factor in law school admissions.
7.
Marbury v. Madison established the legitimacy of congressional implied powers.
8.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey established the clear and present danger standard for
regulating abortion.
9.
Lemon v. Kurtzman established a three part test to determine if the free exercise
clause has been violated.
10.
Griswald v. Connecticut established the right of symbolic speech.
11.
Gitlow v. New York established the precedent of judicial review.
12.
McCulloch v. Maryland established the principle of judicial supremacy.
13.
Gideon v. Wainright established the right of silence to an accused person.
14.
Brown v. Board struck down segregation in places of public accommodation.
15.
Buckley v. Valeo gave Amendment One protection to flag burning
16.
Using the right of privacy, Lawrence v. Texas struck down a state law banning the
distribution of contraceptives.
17.
Kelo v. City of New London gave cities greater leeway to use taxing authority.
18.
Shaw v. Reno banned gerrymandering that is conducted on the basis of political
party.
19.
US v. Lopez limited congressional use of the elastic clause.
20.
Bush v. Gore used Amendment Fourteen’s due process clause to stop the Florida
recount in the election of 2000.