WGU C963 COURT CASES EXAM WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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) - ✔✔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
COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Marbury v. Madison - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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) - ✔✔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
