A state law bars peaceful leafleting outside city hall because officials dislike the message. What does the challenge mainly protect?

A hotel open to interstate travelers refuses to rent rooms to guests because of race. What does federal law secure?

Police keep a suspect in custody and pressure him to confess without warning him of his rights. What kind of protection is at issue?

A landlord refuses to rent to a family because they have children. What kind of protection is at issue?

A state denies voter registration to women while registering men on the same terms. What kind of protection is at issue?

A public school suspends a student for a peaceful political armband that causes no disruption. What kind of protection is at issue?

Officers enter a home and seize papers without a warrant or consent, and no emergency exists. Which amendment governs the search?

At trial, prosecutors force a defendant to take the stand and testify against herself. Which amendment governs self-incrimination?

A person charged with a felony cannot afford a lawyer, and the judge says the trial will go forward without counsel. Which amendment governs?

A judge sets bail far higher than needed to ensure appearance and imposes a punishment claimed to be cruel and unusual. Which amendment governs?

A public school begins each day with an official prayer written by state officials. Which amendment governs the establishment issue?

A state law gives one racial group harsher penalties than another for the same offense. Which amendment governs equal protection?

A state requires citizens to pay a poll tax before they may vote in a federal election. Which amendment directly forbids that requirement?

A state lets 21-year-olds vote but refuses all otherwise qualified 18-year-olds because of age. Which amendment directly forbids that denial?

At a school-supervised event, a student unfurls a banner that officials reasonably read as promoting illegal drug use, and the school suspends him. Which case controls?

An assistant principal searches a student's purse after a teacher reports the student was smoking at school. Which case controls?

An indigent defendant is charged with a felony in state court and asks for appointed counsel. Which case controls?

A state tries to convict a defendant a second time for the same offense after he was already acquitted of it. Which case controls?

A state requires Black and white children to attend separate public schools. Which case controls?

Police conduct an unconstitutional search of a home and prosecutors try to use the seized evidence in state court. Which case controls?

A restaurant serving the public refuses to seat customers because of race. Which federal law applies?

A city uses an at-large election system that denies minority voters an equal opportunity to elect preferred candidates. Which law applies?

An apartment complex refuses to rent to a family because they have a child under 18. Which law applies?

A city courthouse denies a person with a disability equal access to a public service. Which law applies?

A federally funded high school excludes students from a program because of sex. Which law applies?

A city requires all parades to get a permit, limits marches to daylight, and applies the rule without regard to viewpoint. How is this usually treated?

A public school principal removes articles from a school-sponsored newspaper because they are inappropriate for younger students. Which rule fits?

A student gives a lewd speech at a school assembly, and the school disciplines him. Which case shows this limit on student speech?

A speaker urges a crowd to commit immediate violence, and the facts show the crowd is likely to act at once. How may the government treat the speech?

A work, taken as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex, is patently offensive, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. How is it treated under the First Amendment?