Questions
1. What was the landmark US case that established the principle of “judicial review” in the United States?
2. In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
3. Who was the defendant in the 1995 murder trial that became a media sensation, commonly referred to as “The Trial of the Century”?
4. In the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, what was the primary issue being addressed?
5. What was the outcome of the 1974 case United States v. Nixon?
6. Which court case determined that the US government can’t regulate indecent material on the internet?
7. In the trial of Derek Chauvin, what was he found guilty of in relation to the death of George Floyd?
8. Which case brought attention to the conditions of the mentally ill in institutions, leading to reforms in the 1970s?
9. In which US Supreme Court case did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg co-author the brief that won women the right to make their own choices regarding employment?
Answers
1. Marbury v. Madison
2. Brown v. Board of Education
3. O.J. Simpson
4. Abortion rights
5. Nixon was required to release White House tapes.
6. Reno v. ACLU
7. All of them
8. Wyatt v. Stickney
9. Reed v. Reed