WGU C963 Court Cases; complete updated solution
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Marbury v. Madison Correct Answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of
1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the U.S.
Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the
Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by
the president to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford Correct Answer: Supreme Court case that decided US
Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and
slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically
slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because
they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson Correct Answer: a 1896 Supreme Court decision which
legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites
were equal
United States v. Miller Correct Answer: 1939; ruled that the National Firearms
Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban interstate shipping of
some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US Correct Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme
Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was
not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each
survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) Correct Answer: Supreme Court
ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896.
"Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio Correct Answer: Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to
the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright Correct Answer: A person who cannot afford an attorney
may have one appointed by the government
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Marbury v. Madison Correct Answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of
1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the U.S.
Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the
Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and signed by
the president to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sanford Correct Answer: Supreme Court case that decided US
Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and
slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically
slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because
they were not citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson Correct Answer: a 1896 Supreme Court decision which
legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites
were equal
United States v. Miller Correct Answer: 1939; ruled that the National Firearms
Act of 1934 was constitutional, allowing federal govt to ban interstate shipping of
some unregistered guns (because it was unrelated to state militias)
Korematsu v. US Correct Answer: 1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme
Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans. It was
not until 1988 that Congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 2 each
survivor
Brown v Board ofEducation of Topeka (1954) Correct Answer: Supreme Court
ruling that overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case of 1896.
"Separate but equal" is Unconstitutional in the field of public education
Mapp v. Ohio Correct Answer: Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to
the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright Correct Answer: A person who cannot afford an attorney
may have one appointed by the government
