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12th Grade
12/04/2014

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It was not within the Constitutional power of the President to seize companies involved in labor disputes during the Korean War was the ruling from which US Supreme court Case?
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Youngstown Steel vs. Sawyer

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In which US Supreme court case did the court rule that the 4th Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure did not apply to searches conducted by public school officials.
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New Jersey v. TLO

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In which Supreme Court Case did the court rule that popultaion difference among congressional districts must be kept to a minimum such that "as nearly as practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's."
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Westberry vs. Sanders

 

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In which US Supreme Court case involving immigration, did the Court rule that Congress could not exercise a one house veto?
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INS vs. Chadha

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A special admissions program for colleges under which a set number of spaces was set aside for minority group member was ruled in violation of Title XIV of the Civil Rights Act in which US Supreme Court Case?
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Regents of University california vs. Bakke

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In this US Supreme Court case, a state law was ruled unconsititutional for the first time and the ruling established the Court's power to review state laws for their Consititutionality. What was this landmark case?
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Fletcher vs. Peck

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Congress could not extend interstate commerce regulations to intrastate commerce according to what US Supreme Court Case? This was the first attack on FDR's New Deal.
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Schecter Poultry v. US
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In what US Supreme Court case was eminent domain favored over the protection of the interest of private property involving Massachusetts and its desire to issue state contracts?
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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
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Restrictions could not be placed on any citizen's freedom unless such restrictions were imposed on all other citizens. which case established this ruling?
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Koramatsu vs. United States

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Neither separation of powers nor the need for confidentiality of presidential communications could justify absolute executive privilege of immunity from judicial demands for evidence to be used in a criminal trial. This was the ruling of what US Supreme Court case?
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US v. Nixon
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he constitutionality of the commerce clause as a basis for civil rights legislation in the area of public accommodations was upheld in which Supreme Court ruling?
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Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US
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In what US Supreme Court case did the court establish "judicial review"?
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Marbury vs. Madison

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Congress had the authority to charter a national bank immune to state taxation, under the powers to enact all laws "necessary and proper" to enact the responsibilities of the government. In which US Supreme court case was this ruling made?
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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In which US Supreme Court case did the court rule that evidence obtained in violation of the 4th Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure must be excludied from use at both state and federal levels?
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Mapp vs. Ohio

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The court ruled that a state had unconstitutionally interfered with personal privacy when it prohibited anyone, including married couples, from using contraceptives in which US Supreme Court ruling?
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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All individuals charged with a serious crime must be provided with an attorney and states are required to appoint counsel for defendants unable to pay their own attorney fees, in which US Supreme Court Case?
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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In this supreme court case, the court modified the clear and present danger test to what has come to be called the "grave and probable cause", and eleven members of the communist party were convicted for violations of the Smith Act. What is the name of this case?
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Denis v. US
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In which US Supreme Court case did the court rule that the 5th Amendment applied only to the national government, not state governments. Justice Marshall said the 5th Amendment made no reference to states.
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Barron vs. Baltimore

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In which Supreme Court case did they rule that racial-gerrymandering was unconstitutional in a case involving a NC Congressional District. The district was established as a black majority district, but part of it was only as wide as an interstate highway. What is the name of this case?

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Shaw v. Reno
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According to this U.S Supreme Court case Congress cannot extend interstate commerce regulations to intrastate commerce. What is this case?
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Schecter Poultry v. US
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The Constitutionality of the Commerce clause as a basis for civil rights legislation in the area of public accommodations was upheld in which US Supreme Court Case?
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Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US
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Congress has the authority to charter a National Bank immune to state taxation under the powers to enact laws "necessary and proper" to enact the responsibilities of the government. In which US Supreme court case was this ruling made?
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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In which Supreme Court case did the court rule the imposition of the death penalty violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments in that it resulted in the infliction of capital punishment in an arbitrary war?
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Furman v. Georgia
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In which Supreme Court case did they rule that the right to privacy is inherent in the 14th Amendment's due process guarantee of personal liberty and that this guarantee extends to a woman's right whether or not to bear a child during the trimester of pregnancy?

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Roe v. Wade
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