POLS 2302 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Near v. Minneosta - ANSWERS✔-1931 case in which Court disagreed with state
courts regarding censorship and ruled it unconstitutional except in rare cases.
Surpreme Court ruled that the government generally could not engage in prior
restraint (could not in advance prohibit someone from publishing something
wihtout a very compelling reason).
\.Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWERS✔-1961 Supreme Court case in which the court decided
that evidence obtained without a warrant didn't fall under one of the exceptions
(e.g. the person consents to a search, there is reasonable expectation that the
evidence may be destroyed/tampered with before a warrant can be issued, items
in question are in plain view of government officials, etc.) could not be used as
eidence in a state criminal trial.
\.Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWERS✔-1963 case in which Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that anyone accused of a serious crime is entitled to the
assistance of a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one, as part of the general due
process right to a fair trial
\.NYT v. Sullivan - ANSWERS✔-1964 case in which the Supreme Court decided that
public figures needed to demonstrate not only that a negative press statement
,about them was untrue but also that the statement was published or made with
either malicious intent or "reckless disregard" for the truth.
\.Griswold v. Connecticut - ANSWERS✔-1965 case in which the court spelled out
the right to privacy by striking down a state law forbidding even married
individuals to use any form of contraception.
\.Miranda v. Arizona - ANSWERS✔-1966 case in which Supreme Court ruled that
suspects were required to be informed of their most important rights, including
the right against self-incrimination, before being interrogated in police custody
\.Lemon v. Kurtzman - ANSWERS✔-1971 case in which the Supreme court
established the Lemon test for deciding whether a law or other government
action that might promote a particular religious practice should be allowed to
stand.
\.Roe v. Wade - ANSWERS✔-1973 case in which Supreme Court decided the right
to privacy encompassed a right for women to terminate a pregnancy, at least
under certain scenarios.
\.Miller test - ANSWERS✔-1973 Supreme Court method for deciding whether
something is obscene.
\.Texas v. Johnson - ANSWERS✔-1989 case in which the Supreme Court decided
that burning the flag was a form of symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment and found the law, as applied to flag desecration, to be
unconstitutional.
, \.Employment Division v. Smith - ANSWERS✔-1990 case in which Supreme Court
made a controversial decision to narrow the Sherbert test. Also known as "the
peyote case," the Court ruled that the "compelling government interest" standard
should not apply; instead, so long as the law was not designed to target a person's
religious beliefs in particular, it was not up to the courts to decide that those
beliefs were more important than the law in question.
\."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances." - ANSWERS✔-1st Amendment
\.Kelo v. City of New London - ANSWERS✔-2005 case in which Supreme Court
sided with municipal officials taking homes in a middle-class neighborhood to
obtain land for a large pharmaceutical company's corporate campus
\.District of Columbia v. Heller - ANSWERS✔-2008 narrow (5-4) ase in which
Supreme Court found that at least some gun control laws did violate the Second
Amendment and that this amendment does protect and individual's right to keep
and bear arms, at least in some circumstances, such as self-defense within the
home.
\."A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." - ANSWERS✔-2nd
Amendment
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Near v. Minneosta - ANSWERS✔-1931 case in which Court disagreed with state
courts regarding censorship and ruled it unconstitutional except in rare cases.
Surpreme Court ruled that the government generally could not engage in prior
restraint (could not in advance prohibit someone from publishing something
wihtout a very compelling reason).
\.Mapp v. Ohio - ANSWERS✔-1961 Supreme Court case in which the court decided
that evidence obtained without a warrant didn't fall under one of the exceptions
(e.g. the person consents to a search, there is reasonable expectation that the
evidence may be destroyed/tampered with before a warrant can be issued, items
in question are in plain view of government officials, etc.) could not be used as
eidence in a state criminal trial.
\.Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWERS✔-1963 case in which Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that anyone accused of a serious crime is entitled to the
assistance of a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one, as part of the general due
process right to a fair trial
\.NYT v. Sullivan - ANSWERS✔-1964 case in which the Supreme Court decided that
public figures needed to demonstrate not only that a negative press statement
,about them was untrue but also that the statement was published or made with
either malicious intent or "reckless disregard" for the truth.
\.Griswold v. Connecticut - ANSWERS✔-1965 case in which the court spelled out
the right to privacy by striking down a state law forbidding even married
individuals to use any form of contraception.
\.Miranda v. Arizona - ANSWERS✔-1966 case in which Supreme Court ruled that
suspects were required to be informed of their most important rights, including
the right against self-incrimination, before being interrogated in police custody
\.Lemon v. Kurtzman - ANSWERS✔-1971 case in which the Supreme court
established the Lemon test for deciding whether a law or other government
action that might promote a particular religious practice should be allowed to
stand.
\.Roe v. Wade - ANSWERS✔-1973 case in which Supreme Court decided the right
to privacy encompassed a right for women to terminate a pregnancy, at least
under certain scenarios.
\.Miller test - ANSWERS✔-1973 Supreme Court method for deciding whether
something is obscene.
\.Texas v. Johnson - ANSWERS✔-1989 case in which the Supreme Court decided
that burning the flag was a form of symbolic speech protected by the First
Amendment and found the law, as applied to flag desecration, to be
unconstitutional.
, \.Employment Division v. Smith - ANSWERS✔-1990 case in which Supreme Court
made a controversial decision to narrow the Sherbert test. Also known as "the
peyote case," the Court ruled that the "compelling government interest" standard
should not apply; instead, so long as the law was not designed to target a person's
religious beliefs in particular, it was not up to the courts to decide that those
beliefs were more important than the law in question.
\."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances." - ANSWERS✔-1st Amendment
\.Kelo v. City of New London - ANSWERS✔-2005 case in which Supreme Court
sided with municipal officials taking homes in a middle-class neighborhood to
obtain land for a large pharmaceutical company's corporate campus
\.District of Columbia v. Heller - ANSWERS✔-2008 narrow (5-4) ase in which
Supreme Court found that at least some gun control laws did violate the Second
Amendment and that this amendment does protect and individual's right to keep
and bear arms, at least in some circumstances, such as self-defense within the
home.
\."A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." - ANSWERS✔-2nd
Amendment
