Dartmouth College v. Woodward involved _____.
a. the due proess clause
b. the commerce clause
c. the contract clause
d. presidential power
The opinion of the Court in Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co. was written
by _____.
a. Chief Justice Marshall
b. Justice Story
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Chief Justice Taney
In Cruzan v. Missouri Health Department (1989), the Supreme Court held that a state
must demand the clear and convincing evidence standard as a means of guarding
against potential abuses of the ‘substituted judgment” doctrine.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
In West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), the Supreme Court _____.
a. struck down a state law that compelled public school students to salute the American
flag
b. struck down a state law that compelled public school students to recite the Lord’s
Prayer
c. exempted children of Amish families from compulsory school attendance regulations
d. upheld a state law that compelled public school students to recite the Pledge of
Allegiance because it “imbued citizenship”
Which of the following was not a Supreme Court nominee of Richard Nixon?
a. Earl Warren
b. Harry Blackmun
c. Harrold Carswell
d. Clement Haynsworth
In New York Times v. United States (1971), the Supreme Court _____ a lower-court
injunction prohibiting newspapers from publishing _____.
a. affirmed; the Pentagon Papers
b. struck down; the Pentagon Papers
c. struck down; excerpts from the Watergate recordings
d. affirmed; excerpts from the Watergate recordings
_____ was one of the first cases in which the Supreme Court recognized the power of
the states to regulate local aspects of interstate commerce.
a. Cooley v. The Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia (1851)
b. Southern Pacific Company v. Arizona (1945)
c. Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
d. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
_____ would most clearly justify the president’s removal of an American ambassador
because his or her views were not compatible with those of the administration.
a. Bowsher v. Synar (1986)
b. Ex Parte Merryman (1861)
c. Myers v. United States (1926)
d. Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935)
The author of the plurality opinion in Dennis v. United States was _____.
a. Chief Justice Warren
b. Chief Justice Hughes
c. Chief Justice Stone
d. Chief Justice Vinson
The necessary and proper clause is also known as ______.
a. the supremacy clause
b. the due process clause
c. the elastic clause
d. the judicial clause
Justice William O. Douglas was the first to make the case for heightened judicial
scrutiny of legislation affecting fundamental rights in _____, where the Supreme Court
struck down a state law providing for the compulsory sterilization of criminals.
a. Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
b. Buck v. Bell (1927)
c. Jacobsen v. Massachusetts (1905)
d. Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
Justice _______ wrote the opinion of the Court in United States v. United States
District Court.
a. Rehnquist
b. Blackmun
c. Douglas
d. Powell
Gonzales v. Carhart involved _____.
a. flag protection
b. assisted suicide
c. late-term abortions
d. None of the above
In Watkins v. United States (1957), the Supreme Court held that _____.
a. there is no congressional power to expose for the sake of exposure
b. Watkins’s First Amendment interests were overridden by Congress’s in ensuring
society’s self-preservation
c. Watkins’s impeachment conviction was constitutional even though the full Senate did
not investigate the charges
d. Watkins’s speech on the chamber floor was protected by the Constitution; his press
release was unprotected
What justice retired at about the same time as John Marshall Harlan?
a. Warren Burger
b. William O. Douglas
c. Hugo Black
d. Sandra Day O”Connor
The justice who wrote a concurring opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden was named _____.
a. Marshall
b. Johnson
c. Story
d. Washington
In Scott v. Sandford, on what part of the Constitution did Chief Justice Taney rely in
invalidating the Missouri Compromise?
a. Article I
b. Article IV
c. First Amendment
d. Fifth Amendment
The Constitution’s supremacy clause is found in ______.
a. Article I
b. Article III
c. Article V
d. Article VI
_____ was the first case in which the Supreme Court applied the establishment clause
to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment.
a. Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
b. Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
c. Abington v. Schempp (1963)
d. Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
City of Boerne v. Flores concerned ______.
a. criminal justice
b. the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
c. highway construction
d. the right to vote
Cohens v. Virginia concerned a statute that regulated ______.
a. railroads
b. banks
c. taxes
d. lotteries
Which of the following is not a prong of the Lemon test?
a. The challenged law or practice must have a secular purpose.
b. The challenged law or practice may not have the primary effect of advancing or
inhibiting religion.
c. The challenged law or practice must guarantee the absolute separation of government
from religion.
d. The challenged law or practice may not lead to an excessive entanglement between
church and state.
Washington v. Glucksberg involved _____.
a. consensual sodomy
b. assisted suicide
c. an abortion law
d. symbolic speech
In Korematsu v. United States, Justice Jackson argues in his opinion that _____.
a. the government’s policy is unconstitutional
b. the government’s policy is constitutional
c. the Court should never have agreed to hear the case
d. war is a series of hardships
Korematsu v. United States is often cited as the initial articulation by the Court of
_____.
a. fundamental fairness
b. strict scrutiny
c. due process of law
d. None of the above
What previous ruling did the Court in McDonald v. City of Chicago expressly decline to
revisit and/or to reconsider?
a. District of Columbia v. Heller
b. Lochner v. New York
c. Slaughterhouse Cases
d. Munn v. Illinois
The organization called Citizens United initiated litigation because of _____.
a. monetary contributions it wanted to receive
b. monetary contributions it wanted to make to a candidate
c. a documentary video
d. None of the above
What Supreme Court justice in 1969 became the only member of the Court ever to
resign under fire?
a. William O. Douglas
b. Abe Fortas
c. Hugo Black
d. Gerald Ford
The majority opinion in Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. was written by _____.
a. Chief Justice Taft
b. Justice Brandeis
c. Justice Roberts
d. Justice Stone
What is the most recent provision of the Bill of Rights to be applied to the states?
a. Confrontation clause (Sixth Amendment)
b. Right to bear arms (Second Amendment)
c. Jury trial in certain civil cases (Seventh Amendment)
d. None of the above
A case is considered _____ if the issues that gave rise to it have been resolved or
otherwise disappeared.
a. unripe
b. exhausted
c. moot
d. hypothetical
In _____, the Supreme Court struck down segregated schools in the District of
Columbia, noting that the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause incorporated the
Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee and was thus applicable to the
federal government.
a. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
b. Alexander v. Holmes County (1969)
c. Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
d. Cooper v. Aaron (1957)
The Majority opinion in Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell was written by
_____.
a. Chief Justice Hughes
b. Justice McReynolds
c. Justice Cardozo
d. Chief Justice Taft