The Highest Court in the Land
Here Comes the (New) Judge
Vocabulary
Court Potpourri
100

How many judges are there currently on the Supreme Court?

NINE
100

From which prestigious Ivy League school did Justice Jackson graduate?

HARVARD

100

poor; needy

INDIGENT

100

Where you might find a net and rackets

TENNIS COURT

200

What is the name of the most recently appointed Supreme Court Judge?

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON

200

KBJ is the first what to be appointed to the highest court in the land?

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN

200

a lawyer in a criminal case who tries to prove that the accused person is guilty

PROSECUTOR

200

Prince Lancelot sits around the Round Table as a member of this. 


KING ARTHUR'S COURT

300

BY whom are Supreme Court Justices appointed to the bench?

THE PRESIDENT

300

The city wherein Justice Jackson was raised.

MIAMI

300

made less proud, especially by awe, admiration or gratitude

HUMBLED

300

A royal clown

COURT JESTER

400

Who is the 17TH Chief Justice of the United States?

JOHN G ROBERTS JR

400

In what year was the newest Supreme Court Judge born?

2022 - 51 = 1971

400

a term of office that lasts for the office holder's lifetime

TENURE

400

When it’s your turn to do something, it’s said that. . .

THE BALL'S IN YOUR COURT

500

He was the first African-American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

THURGOOD MARSHALL

500

What kind of support did KBJ receive during her recent Senate nomination hearing?

BIPARTISAN

500

a formality in which someone is given an official rank, authority or power

INVESTITURE

500

When a judge pounds his gavel, he may say this

ORDER IN THE COURT

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