Quiz 1 and 2

Quiz 2 1. You are a justice on the Supreme Court in 2030, and join the majority of the Court to rule that constitutional challenges to political gerrymandering will now be considered and ruled on by the federal courts and the Supreme Court. If drafted correctly, the majority opinion should: a. Overrule Russo v. Common Cause and reaffirm Baker v. Carr 2. In Marbury v. Madison, the Court ruled that: a. Congress did not have the power to amend the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 3. If you were an associate justice on the Supreme Court and concluded that Ex Parte McCardle clearly was the controlling precedent, you must be deciding a case in which: a. Congress was attempting to strip the Court of appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Congress’ power to do so granted by Article III. 4. We discussed the historical significance of Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion in Marbury v. Madison . With respect to such opinion, which statements is correct? a. Marbury was used by the Court to support its contention that the Supreme Court had the sole and final say on the correct interpretations of the Constitution in Cooper v. Aaron 5. In this case, the Court ruled that a state law prohibiting teachers in public or state- supported schools from teaching, or using textbooks that teach, human evolution violated the Establishment Clause a. Epperson v. Arkansas 6. The Court ruled 5-4 that a clergy-led prayer within the events of a public high school graduation violates the Establishment Clause: a. Lee v. Weisman 7. The Court The Court ruled 5-4 that a large Ten Commandments display erected on the grounds of the Texas state capitol did not violate the Establishment Clause a. Van Orden v. Perry 8. The “Political Questions Doctrine,” the judicial doctrine or principle created by the Supreme Court where the Court concludes that it (and the federal court system) should not hear cases which deal directly with issues that the Constitution makes the sole responsibility of the other branches of government, was explicitly relied on in: a. Rucho v. Common Cause 9. The Court ruled that a school voucher program did not violate the Establishment Clause because all schools were eligible to participate, the program did not favor one religion over another and the distribution of aid was determined by parents and not by the government. a. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 10. The Court ruled that the government has an “overriding governmental interest” in collecting Social Security taxes and an Amish farmer was required to withhold social security taxes despite acknowledging that the compulsory participation requirement interferes with the free exercise of his religion: a. United States v. Lee