Supreme Court Cases - Constitutional or Unconstitutional

Multiple-choice exercise

1 A New Jersey State law authorized local school districts to make arrangements for transporting children to private schools including religious school. Constitutional Unconstitutional 2 A New York law approved a prayer to be read at the start of every school day. Constitutional Unconstitutional 3 A Pennsylvania law required verses from the Bible to be read at the start of every school day, although students could choose to stand in the hall during the reading. Constitutional Unconstitutional 4 An Arkansas law prohibited the use of any textbook which contained information on evolution. Constitutional Unconstitutional 5 A Pennsylvania law allowed school districts to reimburse religious private schools for books, materials and teachers' salaries as long as the courses taught were secular. Constitutional Unconstitutional 6 An Alabama law stated that each school day in the public schools would begin with a moment of silence for meditation or voluntary prayer. Constitutional Unconstitutional 7 Louisiana passed a law requiring equal time for creationism whenever evolution was covered in a public school course. Constitutional Unconstitutional 8 A Nebraska school district did not allow a high school student to organize an after school Christian prayer group. Constitutional Unconstitutional 9 Texas students led prayers before high school students. Constitutional Unconstitutional 10 A federal law, the Espionage Act of 1917, prohibited people from saying things that threaten the security of the nation during wartime. Constitutional Unconstitutional 11 The principal of a high school suspended students who wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. Constitutional Unconstitutional 12 A school in Washington suspended a student who gave a speech filled with graphic sexual metaphors. Constitutional Unconstitutional 13 A Missouri high school principal deleted two pages from the school newspaper because he felt they contained articles that were inappropriate. Constitutional Unconstitutional 14 Texas arrested and prosecuted a man for burning the US flag. Constitutional Unconstitutional 15 San Francisco police searched a man's business and home without a warrant and found papers that were used to convict the man. Constitutional Unconstitutional 16 A poor man was not provided an attorney and was convicted of a crime. Constitutional Unconstitutional 17 A man confessed to a crime without being warned against self-incrimination and without being provided a lawyer. Constitutional Unconstitutional 18 Football players on a school team were required to undergo drug tests. Constitutional Unconstitutional 19 A man in Georgia was sentenced to death for killing a man during a robbery although the death penalty was being applied disproportionately against blacks. Constitutional Unconstitutional 20 A Florida junior high school student was paddled by teachers at school. Constitutional Unconstitutional 21 A principal in New Jersey searched a student's purse and found evidence of drug use and she was eventually convicted of dealing in drugs. Constitutional Unconstitutional