<p>Honestly you don't have to know all of those. I would just memorize 1 or 2 for important ammendments.</p>
<p>Here's the ones I know off the top of my head...
marbury v madison--est. judicial review
mccouloughlhggh v maryland (btw it's mcculloch lol)--MD couldn't tax the BUS, fed. government superior to states (i *think this was necessary and proper clause reasoning, but I honestly can't remember)
gibbons v ogden--NY could not give a monopoly to a steamboat company going btwn states, expanded commerce clause
plessy v ferguson--separate but equal ok
mapp v ohio--something about unlawful search & seizure/tainted evidence
roe v wade--duh. states cannot ban abortion
us v nixon--this was the watergate one, I think, where Nixon tried to claim executive privilege to prevent them from getting the tapes. court ruled against nixon
uc regents v bakke--explicit quotas in college admission process is unconstitutional, but using race as one of several deciding factors is ok
gitlow v ny--crud. I forgot. I know this one, too
griswold v conn--I think this is the privacy one, where the court ruled it unconstitutional via "right to privacy" for Conn. to ban contraceptives
miranda v arizona--"you have the right to remain silent..."
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier--I think this is the one where the school censored the school newspaper for a sensitive article, and the court ruled with the school but I can't remember the reason...something like it's a controlled institution...
Lemon v. Kurtzman--government and religion can coexist as long as there is no excessive entanglement, and the govt. neither promotes nor prohibits any religion
Engel v. Vitale--school-sanctioned prayer is unconstitutional
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States--Civil rights Act of 1964 is upheld against a hotel owners claim that having to accept black guests violates his rights as a private business.</p>
<p>Obviously I left out a lot but I don' t have time to look them up :)</p>
<p>I don't really think they'll test you on any of the ones I mentioned, but in case you want to use them in any of your essays:
Shaw v. Reno - racial gerrymandering (in this case, creating majority black districts so that House seats can be filled by African Americans) violates the Equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg - mandatory busing to achieve racial integration is constitutional
Shenck v. US - freedom of speech can be limited if there is a "clear and present danger"
Brandenburg v. Ohio - overturned Shenck, said that speech can be limited only if inciting "imminent lawless action" (which means that a police officer and reach the scene in time to prevent violence)
NY Times v. US - no prior restraint on the press
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier - school newspapers and such can be censored since they are meant to be educational, not constitutionally protected
Lemon v. Kurtzman - no excessive entanglement between government and religion</p>
<p>I'll finish up the rest tomorrow...</p>
<p>can someone please explain to me the conceptual difference between gerrymandering and malapportionment? I'm really confused at this point.</p>
<p>I may be entirely wrong, but isn't malapportionment related to the number of representatives each district gets and almost deliberately skewing those numbers whereas gerrymandering is drawing the district lines in such a way that only a certain candidate wins? Again, this is probably completely wrong...<em>goes off to search</em></p>
<p>EDIT: Yes, I think I was right. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapportionment#Malapportionment%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapportionment#Malapportionment</a>
and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering</a></p>
<p>Ah i see so malapportionment is deliberate misrepresentation of constiutuents whereas gerrmandering is altering the "shape" of the district lines.......size vs. shape.......thanks Annie :D</p>
<p>No problem! :)
Watch this be a FRQ or something tomorrow...<em>hopes for an easy few points</em></p>
<p>And for the last few:
Engel v. Vitale and Abington Township v. Schempp - school sponsored prayer/Bible readings in public schools violates the Establishment clause
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States - Congress did not violate the Commerce clause in its passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964</p>
<p>they are related in that gerrymandering is intended to prevent malapportionment</p>
<p>Did anyone else use the Cliffs book for Gov? I did awful on their MC, but the questions were complete bs for the most part.</p>
<p>/Prays for easy essays.</p>
<p>Im with u there tiss......for me that shall be the diff between a 4 and 5.</p>
<p>All I want is a 4. Anyone know how much we need roughly for a 4?</p>
<p>uh...I think I heard the average for a 5 was around an 88-92/120 for a 5. So take what you will from that for a four.</p>
<p>edit: for a 5. for a 5. for a 5.</p>
<p>How are the essays graded, and are they all given the same weigh? ie. each essay is worth exactly 15 pts, or are they weighted differently depending on the questions they ask? Thanks to anybody who can answer both of these questions!</p>
<p>they are worth different amounts of points, but are all weighted equally. For instance, questions 1, 2, and 3 could be worth six points and question 4 could be worth eight points, but you always multiply that number by whatever it takes to get it to 15 points.</p>
<p>sorry to ask i know somone did before but i cant find the thread....what is the breakdown for a 3, 4, 5 on the test points wise out of 120?</p>
<p>honestly, i really havent been able to find one. the only thing i know is apprx 88-92/120 is the lower end of a 5.</p>
<p>alright thanks for ur help 5ky :D......88.......on the extremely low end is completely doable.</p>
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