3rd Exam Review
3rd Exam: Monday, December 10, 1:15-3:15
Bring a blue book or two
Part I: Term (1/3)
List of terms to study:
Roscoe Pound
Louis Brandeis
Muller v. Oregon
Progressive Amendments
William Howard Taft
Holmes Dissent--Black & White Taxicab and Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow
Taxicab and Transfer Co.
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
New ICC Cases
Schenck v. U.S.
Abrams v. U.S.
Gitlow v. NY
Judiciary Act of 1925
Schecter v. U.S.
U.S. v. Butler
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
"Revolution of 1937"
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
Earl Warren
Incorporation through the 14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Cooper v. Aaron
Marbury Doctrine
Engel v. Vitale
Griswold v. Connecticut
Apportionment Cases
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Civil Rights Acts
California No Fault Divorce
Equal Rights Amendment
Roe v. Wade
Five of these terms will be on the exam.
You will write on one term.
Part II: Essay (2/3)
Study these essay questions for the exam.
Three of these essays will be on the exam.
You will write on one.
Be sure to give examples, such as court cases, to support your points.
1: Discuss the tradition of the Supreme Court dissenters (1790s-1960s).
2: Discuss the development of judicial review from the Progressive Court through the Warren Court era.
3: Discuss the change from economic to social issues dominating constitutional
law.
4: Did the Warren Court break fundamentally from previous constitutional law or
did it extend further what had already developed in constitutional law? In your
essay give both the “yes” and the “no” answers. (Yes, the Warren Court broke
fundamentally from previous constitutional law. No, it did not. The Warren Court
only extended further what had already developed in constitutional law.)
5: Describe the Warren Court’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
6: Can the Supreme Court reverse itself and throw out a legal doctrine? If yes,
give examples of how.