Current Supreme Court
The number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
The judges are not supposed to bring these into the Supreme Court (hint, it's not an actual THING)
What is bias?
List of cases on a court's calendar
What is a docket?
The amount of circuit courts in the U.S
What is 13?
Judge agrees with outcome but for different reasons
What is a concurring opinion?
The two types of justices
What is Chief justice and associate justice?
The committee the president sends the nomination to.
What is the Senate Judiciary Committee?
the party who petitioned (asked to review the case)
What is the petitioner?
Short arguments
What are briefs?
Justice disagrees with outcome
What is a dissenting opinion?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
The justices that have been foreign born
What is 6?
Party being sued
What is the respondent?
The lawyers do this during oral arguments
The resolution of a dispute
What is the main opinion?
Helps justices eliminate bias
What are 3 to 4 law clerks?
What the Senate Judiciary Committee does.
What is votes to send nominee to full senate with positive or negative recommendation.
4/9 judges must vote to accept case
What is the rule of 4?
The three types of courts
What is Supreme, Circuit and District?
More than half agree
What is a majority opinion?
Who is Stephen Breyer?
The 3 things that have to happen to be appointed to the supreme court
What is....
1. be nominated
2. nomination approved by the Senate
3. President formally appoints you.
Request that the lower court send up its records of the case for review.
What is writ of certiorari?
"Friend of the court" filed by people/groups that are not party to the case, but are interested in the outcome.
What is amicus curiae?
no majority, but still all agree
What is a plurality opinion?