pivotal SCOTUS cases - Statistics

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holding	year	case caption	% Correct
Public schools cannot be segregated by race.	1954	Brown v. Board of Education	100%
There is a constitutional right to an abortion.	1973	Roe v. Wade	100%
Black people are not U.S. citizens.	1857	Dred Scott v. Sandford	83%
Arrested individuals have the right to remain silent and are entitled to be warned of that right.	1966	Miranda v. Arizona	83%
...actually, no there isn't.	2022	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization	67%
Japanese internment was constitutionally permissible.	1944	Korematsu v. United States	67%
Courts have the power to review the constitutionality of acts of Congress.	1803	Marbury v. Madison	67%
There is a constitutional right to gay marriage.	2015	Obergefell v. Hodges	67%
States may not interfere with the right to contract.	1905	Lochner v. New York	50%
To win a libel case, public figures must prove “actual malice” on the part of the writer.	1964	New York Times Co. v. Sullivan	50%
Racial segregation laws do not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race are equal in quality.	1896	Plessy v. Ferguson	50%
Most university race-based affirmative action plans violate the Fourteenth Amendment.	2023	Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard	50%
States must provide indigent criminal defendants with counsel.	1963	Gideon v. Wainwright	33%
Married couples are constitutionally entitled to make their own decisions on contraception.	1965	Griswold v. Connecticut	33%
States may not ban interracial marriage.	1967	Loving v. Virginia	33%
States may not impose a tax on the Bank of the United States.	1819	McCulloch v. Maryland	33%
Freedom of speech and of the press may be limited if the speech creates a clear and present danger.	1919	Schenck v. United States	33%
The First Amendment free speech right applies to public schools.	1969	Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District	33%
Public schools may not require prayer.	1962	Engel v. Vitale	17%
...well, maybe they can; states are allowed to regulate commerce.	1937	West Coast Hotel v. Parrish	17%

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