Notable SCOTUS Cases
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Current Chief Justice
John Roberts
The jurisdiction possessed by the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts
Appellate Jurisdiction
The city the Supreme Court is located in
Washington D.C.
Case that led to desegregation of public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
First female justice
Sandra Day O'connor
The jurisdiction held by U.S. district courts
Original jurisdiction
The conservative interest group often found on law school campuses that is very influential in SCOTUS appointments
Federalist Society
Case that banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University
Sonia Sotomayor
The idea that the Supreme Court should follow it's past decisions when ruling on a case
stare decisis
The federal district court district the city of St. Louis is in
Eastern district of Missouri
Case that decided the 2000 election
Bush v. Gore
First African American Justice
Thurgood Marshall
senatorial courtesy
The federal circuit is the state of Missouri in
8th Circuit
Supreme Court case that declared that corporations are people and permitted unlimited spending on campaigns by Super Pacs
Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission
First chief justice
John Jay
When a court orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it
Writ of certiorari
The liberal interest group found on law school campuses that makes judicial recommendations
American Constitution Society