WGU-C963 Court Cases Exam 2024 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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WGU-C963 Court Cases Quiz 2024 Questions & Answers
Sample Question & Answer:
Plessy v. Ferguson - Answer - a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Marbury v. Madison - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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 - Answer - Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states
(evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Gideon v. Wainwright - Answer - A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government
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