Numbers Game
Court Specifics
SCOTUS Basics
Famous Names
Case Studies
100
This is the Circuit (or APPEALS) Court number for Ohio.
What is the 6th Circuit?
100
These are the two types of juries used in Federal Courts.
What are Petit Jury and Grand Jury?
100
There are this many justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
100
This person is the head of the United States Justice Department.
Who is Loretta Lynch?
100
This Supreme Court decision practiced judicial restraint, and took no action against racism.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
This is the number of Appeals (or CIRCUIT) Courts in the United States.
What is 12?
200
Bank robbery, counterfeiting, treason... there are all cases that are heard in THIS kind of court.
What is Federal District Court?
200
The Supreme Court is the only court created by this.
What is the Constitution?
200
She was the first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
200
This Supreme Court decision established firmly the principle of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
300
This is the term of a U.S. Attorney.
What is 4 years?
300
During an attorney's 30 minutes of speaking time, judges may do THIS at any time.
What is interrupt to ask questions?
300
This is the most important power of the Supreme Court.
What is Judicial Review?
300
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This Supreme Court Case made marriage equality the law across all 50 states.
What is Obergefell v. Hodges?
400
This is the term of a U.S. Marshall.
What is 4 years?
400
This person decides which cases the government should ask the Supreme Court to review.
Who is the Solicitor General?
400
Supreme Court Justices are appointed for a term of this length.
What is a lifetime?
400
He is a Justice known for rarely asking questions at trial.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
400
This Supreme Court Case was a famous success for Thurgood Marshall and desegregated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
500
This is the number of judges that would hear a case in Appeals (or CIRCUIT) Court.
What is 3?
500
While the District Courts APPLY the laws, these two courts INTERPRET the laws.
What are APPEALS and SUPREME?
500
The principle of STARE DECISIS values that Justices make decisions based on these, which are previous rulings and legal decisions.
What is precedent?
500
This Notorious Justice focuses on Gender Equality.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
500
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