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The Supreme Court
The _______ Branch
The Supreme Court
The Judicial Branch
There are __ members on the Supreme Court.
There are 9 members on the Supreme Court.
The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the ____ ______
The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the Chief Justice
The Chief Justice’s name is
____ ______
The Chief Justice’s name is
John Roberts
He is the 17th Chief Justice
He was appointed by President
________ __ ____
He was appointed by President
George W Bush
The 1st African American Manon the Supreme Court was_________ __________
The 1st African American Manon the Supreme Court was
Thurgood Marshall
The 1st Womanon the Supreme Court was_________ __________
The 1st Womanon the Supreme Court was
Sandra Day O’Conner
Judges on the Supreme Court serve for ______.
Judges on the Supreme Court serve for life.
A Judge on the Supreme Court must be __ years old.
There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme
Court or a Federal judge
A Judge on the Supreme Court must be ? years old.
There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme
Court or a Federal judge
What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?
What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?
• Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.
What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?
• Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.
• Appellate Jurisdiction: The right to hear a appeal of a decision (case) from a lower court
Famous Supreme Court Cases
• Dred Scott v Sanford – 1857 decision that, that whether slave or free,
“Negroes” had no right to bring a lawsuit
• Plessy v Ferguson – Separate but equal (for blacks and whites) 1896
• Engel v Vitale – – Schools cannot require students to say prayers in
school
Famous Supreme Court Cases
• Roe v Wade– States cannot ban abortions
• Marbury v Madison– supreme court can overrule a law of congress
• Miranda v Arizona– when being arrested you must be read your rights
before questioning or statements cannot be used as evidence
Famous Supreme Court Cases
• US v Nixon– Executive privilege has limits
• Board of Education v Pico– a school board cannot ban books from a
library just because someone does not agree with the ideas.
Famous Supreme Court Cases
• Brown v Board of Education– School segregation is unconstitutional
• Regents of U Cal v Bakkee– affirmative action
• Texas v Johnson– the government cannot stop a person from a
dissenting view or action because it finds it offensive
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