The Supreme Court
The History of the Court
Judicial Powers and Limits
The Selection of Judges
Structure of the Court System
100
The power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of congressional laws, bureaucratic regulations, and executive actions.  
What is Judicial Review
100
This president attempted to "pack" the Supreme Court.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
This is the length of a term for a federal judge
What is "during good behavior"?
100
This is the practice of letting a senator approve of a district court nomination.
What is senatorial courtesy?
100
Article III allowed for the creation of this type of court
What are constitutional courts?
200
The number of Supreme Court justices that must agree to take a case.
What is four
200
Newest member of the Supreme Court
Who is Neil Gorsuch?
200
This term refers to the rule of precedent.
What is stare decisis?
200
This is a test of ideological purity
What is a litmus test?
200
Congress created district courts with this important piece of legislation.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
300
Written by a justice who agrees with the majority opinion but not the reasoning behind the decision
What is a concurring opinion
300
The Supreme Court ruled that a school cannot use what in their admissions decisions in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?
What are quotas?
300
Courts tend to avoid these because the Constitution leaves these matters to another branch of the government.
What are political questions?
300
This is the largest national organization of attorneys
What is the American Bar Association?
300
This is the number of district courts in the United States.
What is 94?
400
The majority opinion creates this
What is precedent
400
This era of the Supreme Court is considered to be the "most liberal court ever."
What is the Warren Court?
400
All cases must represent one of these....meaning it is an actual situation not a hypothetical one.
What is a justiciable dispute?
400
This committee must approve of all nominations to the federal courts before the full Senate votes
What is the Senate Judiciary Committee?
400
District courts can decide civil suits between citizens of different states only when the amount exceeds this dollar amount.
What is 75,000?
500
The amount of time that each side has for oral arguments before the Supreme Court
What is 30 minutes
500
Era of the Supreme Court that returned the Court to a more conservative approach from 1969 to 1986)
What is the Burger Court?
500
Courts operate in this setting, a neutral arena where both sides present their cases before a neutral arbitrator.  
What is an adversarial system?
500
This person appointed the first women to the Supreme Court.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
Congress created the Court of Appeals in this year to help lessen the work load of the Supreme Court.
What is 1891?
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