2024 WGU C963 - SIGNIFICANT
COURT CASES EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Marbury v. Madison (1803, 5 US 137) - CORRECT ANSWERS-This case
involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. Supreme Court declared that the law
conflicted with the US 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. Sandford (1856, 60 US 393) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Supreme
Court declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could
not sue in Federal courts. In addition, this decision declared that the Missouri
Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the
authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. Dred Scott decision was
overturned by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896, 163 US 537) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Supreme Court
decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the
"separate but equal" doctrine. In 1892, Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car
for blacks. Rejecting Plessy's argument that his constitutional rights were
violated, Supreme Court ruled that a law that "implies merely a legal
distinction" between whites and blacks was not constitutional.
United States v. Miller (1939, 307 US 174) - CORRECT ANSWERS-In the early
1980's, following an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, laws
requiring background checks for prospective gun buyers were passed. In this
case, Supreme Court upheld the 1934 National Firearms Act's prohibition of
sawed-off shotguns, largely on the basis that the possession of such a gun
was not related to the goal of promoting a "well regulated militia."
Korematsu v. United States (1944, 323 US 214) - CORRECT ANSWERS-During
WW2, citizens of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, whether
naturalized immigrants or Japanese Americans born in the US, were
subjected to the indignity of being removed from their communities and
interned under Executive Order 9066. When challenged, Supreme Court
decision was to upheld the actions of the government as a necessary
precaution in a time of war.
COURT CASES EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Marbury v. Madison (1803, 5 US 137) - CORRECT ANSWERS-This case
involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. Supreme Court declared that the law
conflicted with the US 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. Sandford (1856, 60 US 393) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Supreme
Court declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could
not sue in Federal courts. In addition, this decision declared that the Missouri
Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the
authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. Dred Scott decision was
overturned by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896, 163 US 537) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Supreme Court
decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the
"separate but equal" doctrine. In 1892, Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car
for blacks. Rejecting Plessy's argument that his constitutional rights were
violated, Supreme Court ruled that a law that "implies merely a legal
distinction" between whites and blacks was not constitutional.
United States v. Miller (1939, 307 US 174) - CORRECT ANSWERS-In the early
1980's, following an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, laws
requiring background checks for prospective gun buyers were passed. In this
case, Supreme Court upheld the 1934 National Firearms Act's prohibition of
sawed-off shotguns, largely on the basis that the possession of such a gun
was not related to the goal of promoting a "well regulated militia."
Korematsu v. United States (1944, 323 US 214) - CORRECT ANSWERS-During
WW2, citizens of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, whether
naturalized immigrants or Japanese Americans born in the US, were
subjected to the indignity of being removed from their communities and
interned under Executive Order 9066. When challenged, Supreme Court
decision was to upheld the actions of the government as a necessary
precaution in a time of war.
