You Gotta Know These U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Or so says the National Academic Quiz Tournament web site.
So, here's my result:
I've heard of 4 and actually knew what they meant. Even grading on the curve I'd be in trouble.
How about you? The above link will take you to an explanation of the cases and their significance. The info in the parentheses is the Chief Justice name and the date of the ruling.)
Good Luck
1. Plessy v. Ferguson (Melville Fuller, 7-1, 1896)
2. Marbury v. Madison (John Marshall, 4-0, 1803)
3. Roe v. Wade (Warren Burger, 7-2, 1973)
4. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Earl Warren, 9-0, 1954)
5. McCulloch v. Maryland (John Marshall, 9-0, 1819)
6. Baker v. Carr (Earl Warren, 6-2, 1962)
7. Gideon v. Wainwright (Earl Warren, 9-0, 1963)
8. Hammer v. Dagenhart (Edward Douglass White, 5-4, 1918)
9. Fletcher v. Peck (John Marshall, 6-0, 1810)
..and this doesn't even touch on how many sitting justices I can name...
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Or so says the National Academic Quiz Tournament web site.
So, here's my result:
I've heard of 4 and actually knew what they meant. Even grading on the curve I'd be in trouble.
How about you? The above link will take you to an explanation of the cases and their significance. The info in the parentheses is the Chief Justice name and the date of the ruling.)
Good Luck
1. Plessy v. Ferguson (Melville Fuller, 7-1, 1896)
2. Marbury v. Madison (John Marshall, 4-0, 1803)
3. Roe v. Wade (Warren Burger, 7-2, 1973)
4. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Earl Warren, 9-0, 1954)
5. McCulloch v. Maryland (John Marshall, 9-0, 1819)
6. Baker v. Carr (Earl Warren, 6-2, 1962)
7. Gideon v. Wainwright (Earl Warren, 9-0, 1963)
8. Hammer v. Dagenhart (Edward Douglass White, 5-4, 1918)
9. Fletcher v. Peck (John Marshall, 6-0, 1810)
..and this doesn't even touch on how many sitting justices I can name...
...
I got four too--probably the same four you did. Still, that's three more than Sarah Palin.
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David