Judicial Branch
Person whose job it is to appoint federal judges
President?
Amendment that includes 5 rights and/or freedoms?
1st Amendment
Which Supreme Court case supported the idea that races can be "separate but equal"?
Plessy vs Ferguson
This case involved the 2nd Amendment right to "bear arms?
District of Columbia v. Heller
True or False: The Supreme Court has the power to decide if the actions of the other two branches are unconstitutional.
This is called Judical Review
Total Number Of Justices in the Supreme Court.
9
The Amendment that abolished slavery.
Thirteenth Amendment
In which supreme court case did the practice of "Police informing suspects of their rights before questioning" first come into play?
Miranda v. Arizona
True or False: Juveniles do not get the same rights of due process as adults do when arrested and during their trial.
FALSE
True or false: The Supreme Court is forced to choose all the cases that are appealed to it.
False They make their own choices as to which cases to hear. Normally they hear cases regarding the Constitution that affect the nation as a whole. Big impact cases.
Length of a term for all Supreme Court Justices.
Life
What amendment says that if you are a citizen you are entitled to equal protection under the law?
14th Amendment?
Under which President's term did the supreme court decide that Presidents were not above the law?
Nixon
True or False: Separate but equal was established in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
False
Why is Brown vs. Board considered a landmark case?
it ended segregation in public schools.
What is the main role of the judicial branch?
To interpret the law... make sense of what the law really says..
Amendment that allow women the right to vote
19th Amendment?
Which supreme court case decided that the 'Right to Counsel' and the right to 'Due Process' were entitled to American citizens?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Before a Supreme Court will take a case, it will make a petition to the lower courts for the records. This is called...
Writ of Certiorari
In Dred Scott V Sanford, Dred Scott was not considered to be an American citizen. Which Constitution Principle was at play here?
the 14th amendment? - equal protection under the law
What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have it if hears a case for the first time.
original jurisdiction
What amendment says you are entitled to "due process" of the law?
5th Amendment
Which supreme court case established the doctrine of "judicial review"
Marbury v. Madison
What was the name of the chief justice of the Supreme Court who ruled in Marbury v. Madison
Chief Justice John Marshall
In Hazelwood vs. Kulhmeir, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the High School. How did this case limit the rights of the students? (think about the impact of the case)
Students lose their freedom of speech when publishing articles that are not associated with the curriculum.