ANALYZING COURT CASES
Name KEY
1. Do the following court cases EXTEND the rights of citizens or LIMIT the rights of citizens? Place a
check mark in the corresponding boxes.
COURT CASE
GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT
TEXAS v. JOHNSON
MIRANDA v. ARIZONA
OLMSTEAD v. U.S.
MAPP v. OHIO
ROE v. WADE
DRED SCOTT v. SANFORD
FURMAN v. GEORGIA
EXTEND
LIMIT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2. Do the following court cases EXTEND the rights of students or LIMIT the rights of students? Place a
check mark in the corresponding boxes.
COURT CASE
NEW JERSEY v. T.L.O.
HAZELWOOD v. KULMEIR
TINKER v. DES MOINES
EXTEND
LIMIT
X
X
X
3. Do the following court cases extend the power of the STATE GOVERNMENTS or the power of the
FEDERAL GVOERNMENT? Place a check mark in the corresponding boxes.
COURT CASE
STATE
GIBBONS v. OGDEN
McCULLUOCH v. MARYLAND
FEDERAL
X
X
4. There are three court cases that we discussed that show the movement of our nation from segregation.
Fill in the following flow chart to correctly show the US moving from a separated society to an integrated
society. Under each box write the significance of each of the cases.
Plessy v
Ferguson:
Separate but
equal is
acceptable
Brown v Board
of Education,
Topeka:
Separate is
NEVER equal
Swann v CMS:
End de facto
segregation with
BUSSING
5. Name two court cases that deal with the rights of an accused person.
1. Miranda v Arizona
2. Gideon v Wainwright
What two rights are guaranteed to an accused individual because of these court cases?
1.
Miranda Rights – The right to ‘remain quite’
2.
Right to an attorney at a criminal trial
6. Why is Marbury vs. Madison significant to the Judicial Branch?
JUDICIAL REVIEW = this court case created it. It establishes the US Courts as an equal to the other
branches. It is so important that Civics books are now calling it an Underlying Principle [ although – Ms.
G still maintains, you can’t have judicial review without the Separation of Power. IE – the Court is doing
its JOB by interpreting the law/Constitutional issue!]
7. What four court cases deal with First Amendment rights?
1.
Tinker v Des Moines, Engle v Vitale
2.
Texas v Johnson, Hazelwood v Kuhlmeir
3.
Near v Minnesota, NY Times v US, Wallace v Jaffree
4.
Schenck v US, Lemon v Kurtzman, Bethel v Frazier
8. Of the court cases that we have discussed, what two court cases have been overturned by later court
cases?
1.
Plessy v Ferguson  Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
2.
Betts v Brady  Gideon v Wainwright
9. Of the court cases we have discussed in class, which do you think is MOST significant? WHY?
This is up to you guys – BUT you must be able to discuss the Facts in the case [ie why the
case was started], what is the Constitutional issue/Amendment in question, & the Opinion of the Court!!