Judges
How long are their terms?
For life
What is the Judicial Review
The Judicial Review is one of the checks and balances in the separation of powers
who founded the supreme court
a) Washington b) Congress
1. District Courts?
2. Appellate Courts?
1. The lowest court
2. The in between court
1. Clarence Thomas was a) chief, b) associate
2. Stephen Breyer was nominated by a) Washington b) Clinton
1. b
2. b
What are the qualifications?
There are none
When was the Judicial Branch created?
September 24, 1789
Where is the Supreme Court located?
Washington, DC
1. Original Jurisdiction?
2. Judicial Review?
1. power to hear a case for the first time
2. reviewed legislative act by the Supreme Court
How do you become a justice?
The President nominates someone for a vacancy on the court
How many members are there
9
What is the main duty?
To interpret laws
when was the Supreme court founded
1789
Precedence?
The condition of being considered or more important than someone or something else.
1. Elena Kagan was nominated by a) Barack Obama b) George Bush
2. Neil Gorsuch was an a) associate b) chief
3. Brett Kavanaugh was nominated a) Washington b) Donald Trump
4. Amy Coney Barret was nominated by a) Barack Obama b) Donald Trump
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. b
Who appoints the Justices of the Supreme court?
a) the Senate b) congress c)the president d)committee
c) the president
What does "I take the fifth mean"?
To refuse to testify against oneself in court.
What are the three levels of courts
appellate
supreme
1. Appellate Jurisdiction?
2. Supreme Court?
1. The right of a court to change the decisions of a lower court.
2. The highest Court in Congress
1. Nominated by George Bush a) Samuel Alito b) Emily Smith
2. Nominated by Barack Obama a)Ariadne Dhruv b) Sonia Sotomayor
1. a
2. b
Who was the first female judge on the Supreme Court a) Sonia Sotomayor b) Elena Bella Kagan C) Sandra Day O'Connor
C) Sandra Day O'Connor
What are their main powers?
to interpret the laws, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases
How old is the Supreme Court
a) 283 years b) 232 c) 600 years
1. Justices?
2. An appeal?
1. People who make up the supreme court
2. The higher Court reviews a decision by the lower court
Who is the Chief Justice?
John G. Roberts, Jr.