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The Judicial Branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The job of the Supreme Court | interpret the Constitution |
| Refers to the Supreme Court determining the constitutionality of laws | Judicial Review |
| Chief Justice John Marshall affected government in the U.S. by putting limits on ___ | the elastic clause |
| Supreme Court case that placed limits on freedom of speech | Schenck v. United States |
| Supreme Court case that a person accused of a crime is entitled to a reading of his or her rights at the time of an arrest | Miranda v. Arizona |
| Supreme Court case that increased the Supreme Court's power by establishing judicial review | Marbury v. Madison |
| Supreme Court case that ruled that racial segregation was constitutional | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Supreme Court case that strengthened freedom of the press | New York Times C. v. United States |
| Supreme Court decision affected individual liberties by expanding the constitutional rights of people accused of crimes | Mapp v. Ohio, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Miranda v. Arizona |
| Supreme Court case ruled that wartime conditions justified the limitations placed on civil liberties | Korematsu v. United States |
| Supreme Court case that addressed interstate commerce | Gibbons v. Ogden |
| The Jim Crow laws were based on the Supreme court's interpretation of the | Equal protection clause in the 14th amendment |
| Supreme Court case that says the power of judicial review belongs to the courts | Marbury v. Madison |
| This Supreme Court case said no person or group is above the law during the Watergate era | U.S. v. Nixon |
| This Supreme Court decision dealt with equal protection of the law when separate education facilities were determined unequal | Brown v. Board of Education |
| Supreme Court justice who followed a policy of judicial activism, leading to broad changes in American society | Chief Justice Earl Warren |
| An action necessary to overturn a Supreme Court ruling | Passage of law by congress |
| Supreme Court cases dealing with the issue of states rights v. the Federal Government | McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden |
| Supreme Court case that strenghened the determination of abolitionists to achieve their goals | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| Supreme Court cases that involved the issue of rights of students in schools | Tinker v. Des Moines and New Jersey v. TLO |
| Supreme court case where some aspects of the New Deal were declared unconstitutional | Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States |
| Supreme Court case that defined the issue of privacy rights | Roe v. Wade |
| Supreme Court case that banned state-required student prayer in public schools | Engel v. Vitale |
| Supreme Court case ruled that businesses that engage in interstate commerce could not segregate | Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States |
| Presiden Andrew Jackson's actions after defying the Supreme Court in the case of Worchester v. Georgia resulted in | The Trail of Tears |
| Plessy v. Ferguson was overtuned in 1954 by which Supreme Court case? | Brown v. Board of Education |
| Supreme Court case deals with a person's right to an attorney in all criminal cases | Gideon v. Wainright |
| Why are Supreme Court Justices appointed for life? | to protect them from political interference |
| This Supreme Court Justice dealt with privacy rights and feeedom of the press | Warren Burger |
| A Supreme Court Justice who does not agree with the decision of the other justices may write a | dissenting opinion |
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