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Question

its a 150 multiple choice test..i didnt get 5 of them though...
1) the sixth amendment protects specific rights with regards to legal counsel. which of the follwoing landmark cases mostly impacted by its interpretation by the supreme courts.
a) miranda v. arizona
b) engel v. vitale
c) giideon v. wainwright
d) gibbons v. ogden
==is it c???

2) which of the following landmark cases provides the guidelines for sutdent freedom of speech within the schoolhouse gates?
a) new jersey v. TLO
b) Bethel v. fraser
c) mcCulloch v. md
d) tinker v. des moines
=====is it d???

3) in which of the following landmark supreme court cases were the powers of the judiciary fruther defined to have authority of review over the practices of either branch?
a) mcculloch v. md
b) marbury v. madison
c) u.s v nixon
d) betts v. brady
====is it C???

5) which of the following cases further established the supremacy clause?
a) miranda
b) NJ v. TLO
c) tinker
d) mcculloch v. md
===is it D???

Answer 1

1.) Yes, C is the correct answer; Gideon v. Wainwright
Against this background, a unanimous Court in Gideon v. Wainwright overruled Betts v. Brady and held ''that in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him.''
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment06/10.html#6

2.) Yes, D is the answer; Tinker v Des Moines.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the student's speech was protected, and the principal was personally liable in the case, which was brought under a federal statute that allows awards of damages for violations of constitutional rights.
http://writ.corporate.findlaw.com/hamilton/20070322.html

3.) I beleive that the answer is B; Marbury v Madison
In Marbury v. Madison, the U.S. Supreme Court asserted its power to review acts of Congress and invalidate those that conflict with the Constitution.
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/landmark/marbury.html

What happened to question # 4?

5.) Yes, I too believe that D is the correct answer.
McCulloch v. Maryland--Five years after the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland that a State may not tax an instrumentality of the Federal Government, the Court was asked to and did reexamine the entire question in Osborn v. United States Bank. In that case counsel for the State of Ohio, whose attempt to tax the Bank was challenged, put forward two arguments of great importance. In the first place it was ''contended, that, admitting Congress to possess the power, this exemption ought to have been expressly asserted in the act of incorporation; and not being expressed, ought not to be implied by the Court.'' To which Marshall replied: ''It is no unusual thing for an act of Congress to imply, without expressing, this very exemption from state control, which is said to be so objectionable in this instance.'' Secondly, the appellants relied ''greatly on the distinction between the bank and the public institutions, such as the mint or the post office. The agents in those offices are, it is said, officers of government. . . . Not so the directors of the bank. The connection of the government with the bank, is likened to that with contractors.'' Marshall accepted this analogy but not to the advantage of the appellants. He simply indicated that all contractors who dealt with the Government were entitled to immunity from taxation upon such transactions. Thus, not only was the decision of McCulloch v. Maryland reaffirmed but the foundation was laid for the vast expansion of the principle of immunity that was to follow in the succeeding decades.
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/article06/03.html#3

Answer 2

1. either A or C
I think the answer is one of those because only those two appeared on the wikipedia list (first link below) for "Cases Regarding the 6th Amendment." So if you think it is C, then it probably is. Maybe you put A the first time, so now you know it is C...

2. Yes, D is the answer. That was the case where the kids wore black arm bands to school to protest the Vietnam War, and then there was that whole lawsuit about freedom of speech in schools.

3. Yes, it's C. The whole case was about the Judicial branch checking President Nixon's power. It was very relevant and important to the Watergate Scandal.

5. Heh, not C. Not A, because that deals with criminals having the right to an attorney. B has to do with searching students and their drugs or something. So yes, it's D.


That seems like a hard test. To have to memorize all of those cases. But you did well 145 out of 150 that's a 97%. Good job.

Answer 3

1. c Anyone brought to court whether poor or not deserves legal counsel
2. d- Students rights protected under free speech, principal is responsible for any libel damages
3. b- Landmark case in which the three branches of power are acted upon as to checks and balances with each other so as to provide equitability and non-abuse of power
4.d Chief Justice Marshall accepted the supremacy clause as to immunity from taxation concerning government and corporate dealings. Foundation for later rulings concerning
taxable immunity in regards to corporate and governmental deals.

Answer 4

the answer to #2 is D. good luck!