Statistics for Landmark Supreme Court Cases

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Year	Summary	Answer	% Correct
1973	The constitutional right to privacy protects a woman's right to abortion.	Roe v. Wade	90%
1954	Reverses the "separate but equal" doctrine in schools.	Brown vs. Board of Education	80%
1966	Criminal suspects must be informed of their rights before being questioned.	Miranda v. Arizona	65%
1803	Gives the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.	Marbury v. Madison	60%
1857	African-Americans could not claim U.S. citizenship and slaves' status would continue to be 'property'.	Dred Scott v. Sandford	57%
1974	The President is not above the law.	United States v. Nixon	57%
1896	Upheld Jim Crow laws so long as segregated facilities were "separate but equal".	Plessy v. Ferguson	55%
1967	Bans on interracial marriage are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.	Loving v. Virginia	41%
2022	Reverses protections on a woman's right to abortion.	Dobbs v. Jackson	38%
2015	Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.	Obergefell v. Hodges	35%
2010	Corporations and unions cannot be restricted from spending money to promote a political campaign as long as it is done independently of the candidates.	Citizens United v. FEC	34%
1989	Protects flag-burning and other desecration of the flag as a matter of free speech.	Texas v. Johnson	24%
1963	Defendants in criminal cases must be provided counsel if they cannot afford it.	Gideon v. Wainwright	23%
1965	The Constitution gives married couples the right to access contraception as a matter of individual privacy.	Griswold v. Connecticut	19%
2003	Criminal punishment for sodomy violates the constitutional right to privacy.	Lawrence v. Texas	17%
1819	Defined Congress's right to pass laws that are "necessary and proper" and established the supremacy of federal over state government.	McCullough v. Maryland	17%
1964	In order to win a libel case, "actual malice" on the part of the writer must be proven.	New York Times v. Sullivan	17%
1969	School dress codes may not violate students' First Amendment rights.	Tinker v. Des Moines	17%
1919	Speech which presents a "clear and present danger" to national security is not protected by the First Amendment.	Schenck v. United States	15%
1824	Only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce.	Gibbons v. Ogden	14%
1961	Evidence that is illegally obtained by the state cannot be used in court.	Mapp v. Ohio	13%
1962	Public institutions such as schools cannot initiate prayer.	Engel v. Vitale	12%
1962	Voting districts cannot be drawn in a way that violates the Fourteenth Amendment.	Baker v. Carr	10%
2002	Random drug tests of students participating in extracurricular activities do not violate the Fourth Amendment.	Board of Education v. Earls	3%
2005	To execute a person for crimes they committed before the age of 18 constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.	Roper v. Simmons	3%
2000	Student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violates the First Amendment's establishment clause.	Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe	3%