1. A state government passes a law legalizing recreational and medicinal marijuana use despite federal statute that lists it as an illegal drug. The federal Drug Enforcement Agency seizes drugs from a citizen in this state and prosecutes the person in federal court.

2. The U.S. Suoreme Court rules that flag burning is a protected form of free speech under the First Admendment. In response to their constitutes' wishes, senators and representatives from several states propose an amendment to the Constitution making it illegal to burn the flag.

6. A federal court serves the president of the United States with a subpoena seeking evidence of a crime. The president refuses to turn over the evidence claiming executive privilege. The US Supreme Court rules that the president's executive privilege power is limited and that he must turn over the evidence.