SCOTUS Quiz #2

Maryland imposed a tax on the Bank of the United States, and cashier refused to pay; the Constitutional Basis was the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause.

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

A homeless man was denied a request for a lawyer in a Florida state court, where he faced felony charges. As a result, the Sixth Amendment was applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment (Selective Incorporation)

• McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• Shaw v. Reno (1993)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Ruled that limiting corporate and union spending on politics violated free speech, enabling super PACs and increasing money’s influence in a deregulated campaign finance system; Free Speech clause of the First Amendment

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

• McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

Separate public schools for black and white students were challenged as unconstitutional, as they were inherently unequal. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

• Shaw v. Reno (1993)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

New York public schools required a short, voluntary prayer at the beginning of each school day. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

• NYT Co. v. United States (1971)