The Supreme Court
She was the first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This Supreme Court case outlawed legal segregation in schools, reversing the "separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
What are "We the People"?
This type of law deals with disputes between individuals or organizations, often involving contracts, property or family issues.
What is civil law?
In this state it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
What is Georgia?
How many female Supreme Court justices have there been?
What is six?
This Supreme Court case required police to inform suspects of their constitutional rights before they are interrogated (including the right to an attorney and the right to remain silent).
What is Miranda v. Arizons?
George Washington declared this day to be a national holiday so as to “give thanks” for the Constitution.
What is Thanksgiving?
This branch of law defines crimes, sets punishments, and regulates how suspects are investigated and prosecuted.
What is criminal law?
In this state, it is illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory.
What is South Dakota?
This is how many chief justices there have ever been of the Supreme Court.
What is 17?
This Supreme Court case established the process of judicial review in the United States, enabling the judiciary to be an equal co-branch to the legislative and executive branches.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This man, the third president of the United States, was not present for the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A customer slips in a grocery store due to a wet floor and sues for medical expenses. What kind of law is involved?
What is tort law? (A branch or variation of civil could also be accepted).
In this desert state, you can't drive a camel on the highway.
What is Nevada?
This is the only U.S. president who also served on the Supreme Court.
Who is William Howard Taft?
This is the case that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization?
This is the only amendment to have ever been repealed from the U.S. Constitution.
What is the 18th amendment (Prohibition)?
This area of law governs agreements between two or more parties that create mutual obligations enforceable by law.
What is contract law?
In this state, it is against the law to whistle underwater.
What is West Virginia?
This is the day that each justice's term starts.
What is the first Monday in October?
This case was the first one that RBG had with the ACLU before the Supreme Court, and the outcome ruled that there can be no discrimination between men and women when naming an administrator of an estate.
What is Reed v. Reed?
Of the 55 delegates at the Constitutional, only this many signed the final document.
What is 39?
A manufacturing company sues the US environmental protection agency (EPA) for overstepping its regulatory authority. What type of law is this case most likely dealing with?
What is administrative (or public) law?
In this southern state, you can be fined for using someone else's Netflix password.
What is Tennessee?