WGU C963 Court Cases Latest Solutions
Graded A
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 goat 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 of Education 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
Sherbet vs. Verner Correct Answer: Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Griswold v. Connecticut Correct Answer: Although several state constitutions do list the right to
privacy as a protected right, the explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case, the court
spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that struck down a state law forbidding even
married individuals to use any form of contraception.
Miranda v. Arizona Correct Answer: Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of
their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning
by police.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Correct Answer: Struck down poll taxes at the state level
Graded A
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 goat 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 of Education 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
Sherbet vs. Verner Correct Answer: Unemployment may not be denied on religious basis
Griswold v. Connecticut Correct Answer: Although several state constitutions do list the right to
privacy as a protected right, the explicit recognition by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the
U.S. Constitution emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case, the court
spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that struck down a state law forbidding even
married individuals to use any form of contraception.
Miranda v. Arizona Correct Answer: Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of
their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning
by police.
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Correct Answer: Struck down poll taxes at the state level
